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STATE v. SMITH

Nos. 53990, 54223.

290 So.2d 294 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Charles E. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 18, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Martin L. C. Feldman, New Orleans, Court Appointed, for defendant-appellant.

SUMMERS, Justice.

Charles E. Smith was indicted for the murder of Bobbie Jean Veal on November 2, 1967. La.R.S. 14:30. He was tried by a jury which rendered a verdict of guilty without capital punishment. On June 27, 1968 he was sentenced to spend the rest of his natural life in the State Penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was filed.

Smith was an indigent and was represented at the trial by court appointed counsel. After sentence, no bills of exceptions...

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