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STATE v. BROWN

No. 57704.

340 So.2d 1306 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Melvin L. BROWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph R. Miller, Norco, Charles C. Wilson, Hahnville, St. Charles Indigent Defender Program, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Parish of Jefferson, Melvin P. Barre, Dist. Atty., 29th JDC, Abbott J. Reeves, Director, Research and Appeals Division, Parish of Jefferson, Metairie, Lindsay A. Larson, Sp. Counsel, Parish of Jefferson, for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the second-degree murder of his wife, La.R.S. 14:30.1 (1973), and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon his appeal, the defendant relies upon eleven assignments of error. For reasons to be assigned, we affirm.

The context facts show:

The defendant was separated from his wife. On the day of her death, earlier in the afternoon he had persuaded her to return to the residence. The police were called afterwards...

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