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STATE v. RESTER

No. 55361.

309 So.2d 321 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. W. Heyward RESTER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Anderson, Jr., Newman, Duggins, Drolla & Gamble, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Woodrow W. Erwin, Dist. Atty., Clayton S. Knight, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

This is an out-of-time appeal from the defendant's February, 1968 conviction for murder. He was indicted by the Washington Parish Grand Jury in April of 1967 for the murder of Newton Thomas. Jury trial was held on February 9, 1968 and the defendant was found guilty without capital punishment. Motions in arrest of judgment and for a new trial were denied, and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment. Although a motion for appeal was made, the...

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