STATE v. VEAL

No. 54358.

296 So.2d 262 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. James R. VEAL, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe E. Thompson, Sumpter B. Davis, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., M. Stephen Roberts, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

James R. Veal, Jr., was convicted on February 10, 1972, of the murder of a Baton Rouge cab driver. On September 25, 1972, he was sentenced to death in the electric chair. Following constitutional mandates, the trial court later set aside the death sentence and resentenced the defendant to life imprisonment. The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence.

BILLS OF EXCEPTIONS NOS. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

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