STATE v. ADAMS

No. 53356.

302 So.2d 599 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas Eugene ADAMS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph L. Barnett, Gretna, defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Manoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Sp. Asst. Dist. Atty., plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Defendant, Thomas Eugene Adams, Jr., was indicted by the grand jury of Jefferson Parish charging that on January 8, 1970 he murdered Dorothy Menszer. After a trial by jury he was found guilty without capital punishment and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. On appeal we noted sua sponte, as an error patent on the face of the record, that sentence was imposed before expiration of the mandatory statutory delay without waiver by defendant...

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