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STATE v. CARSON

No. 57437.

336 So.2d 844 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. James Edward CARSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard E. Burk, Clyde D. Merritt, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F.

Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Lawrence J. Centola, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder, La.R.S. 14:30 (1950), and sentenced to life imprisonment. The most serious of the ten assignments of error made are presented by assignments 1, 2, and 4.

Assignment of Error No. 1

By this assignment, the defendant contends that the state did not meet its burden of proof that his confession was given voluntarily and without coercion.

Before introducing an accused's confession in evidence...

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