STATE v. SMITH

No. 56369.

322 So.2d 197 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Edward L. SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. McLeod, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald K. Carroll, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant Smith was convicted of first degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30 (1973), and sentenced to death. On this appeal, he relies upon nine assignments of error.1 Finding no error, we affirm.

Context Facts

The victim Terry and a companion, Mary K., were sleeping in a camper parked on a country road. A man came with a pistol, ordered Mary K. out of the cab

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