STATE v. MONROE

No. 54132.

305 So.2d 902 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Eddie MONROE a/k/a Eddie Bell.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing December 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Sarpy, Harvey G. Gleason, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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


SUMMERS, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of murder in 1963 after a trial by jury. He was sentenced to death by electrocution on April 8, 1965. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on January 18, 1973, and he was granted an out-of-time appeal on June 20, 1973. Upon this appeal defendant relies upon nine bills of exceptions for a reversal of his conviction and sentence.

The charges against defendant and a codefendant, Kenneth Lee Simmons, arose out...

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