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STATE v. SAM

No. 55063.

304 So.2d 659 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Oscar SAM, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 2, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teddy W. Airhart, Jr., Airhart & Copenhaver, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SUMMERS, Justice.

This defendant was first prosecuted on an indictment returned by the grand jury of East Baton Rouge Parish, charging that he murdered Elma Ivy James on July 3, 1971. After conviction of the lesser crime of manslaughter, he appealed to this Court where the conviction was reversed and a new trial was granted. 283 So.2d 81.

He was then charged by the grand jury with manslaughter, tried and convicted. No formal...

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