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STATE v. SEARS

No. 54574.

298 So.2d 814 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dennis SEARS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Gleason, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

The defendant was tried under an indictment charging him with murder. R.S. 14:30. He was convicted after a trial by jury and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. He appeals.1

On February 3, 1971 four young men were accosted by two men, one later identified as the defendant, as they left Carver High School in New Orleans, Louisiana. The men demanded the boys' coats. When they hesitated, Sears produced a...

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