STATE v. BLANTON

No. 55672.

312 So.2d 329 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert H. BLANTON, III.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glynn A. Long, Donaldsonville, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Aubert D. Talbot, Dist. Atty., A. J. Kling, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

Defendant was indicted and tried for murder R.S. 14:30. (Blanton was indicted jointly with Mavis Hodgeson and C. A. Martello, but tried separately). He was found guilty and sentenced to life at hard labor. On appeal he urges fourteen Specifications of Errors.

The State alleged that Mavis Hodgeson procured and hired the defendant through an intermediary, C. A. Martello, to "soften up" Eugene Stevens who had been formerly married to Mavis Hodgeson...

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