STATE v. WILSON

No. 55839.

315 So.2d 646 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jessie WILSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. W. Seibert, III, H. A. Taliaferro, Sr., Smith, Taliaferro, Seibert & Boothe, Jonesville, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., W. C. Falkenheiner, Dist. Atty., George Griffing, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


MARCUS, Justice.

Jessie Wilson was indicted for the crime of first degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:30. After trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged and subsequently sentenced to death. Defendant appeals to this court, relying on three assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence.

Defendant is charged with the murder of Agnes Hutchinson committed on November 30, 1973. The victim, an eighty-year old woman who lived alone, had...

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