STATE v. BROWN

No. 57868.

339 So.2d 6 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas J. BROWN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Rakosky, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Defendant, Thomas J. Brown, was convicted of a charge that he unlawfully killed Willie Jones by criminal negligence. La. Rev.Stat. 14:32. He was found guilty in a jury trial and sentenced to serve four years, eleven months in the custody of the Department of Corrections and to pay $60 court costs, and, in default thereof, to serve thirty days in the parish prison.

On this appeal one assignment of error presents the contention that the trial...

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