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STATE v. HOWARD

No. 56861.

325 So.2d 812 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert HOWARD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson R. Ramshur, Willis & Ramshur, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon A. Picou, Jr., Dist. Atty., Cynthia Picou Branton, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

The defendant Howard was convicted of murder, La.R.S. 14:30, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon appeal, eight assignments of error are urged.

The defendant was charged with the murder of James Davis at about 6:45 A. M. on April 20, 1971, at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Both the defendant and the victim were inmates. The killing occurred during a series of fights which broke out after some seven hundred inmates finished...

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