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STATE v. WEST

No. 56339.

319 So.2d 901 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert Lee WEST and Sampson West.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Gravel, Alexandria, for Robert Lee West.

Richard V. Burnes, Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, for Sampson West.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Alfred B. Shapiro, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The Rapides Parish Grand Jury indicted Robert Lee West and Sampson West for the second degree murder of Ray James Foster on November 3, 1974. The State brought the defendants to trial and on March 13, 1975, the jury found Robert West guilty of Second Degree Murder and Sampson West guilty of Manslaughter.

The trial judge sentenced Robert Lee West to life imprisonment and Sampson West to imprisonment for a term of twenty-one years.

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