STATE v. CARNEY

No. 57579.

334 So.2d 415 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. James CARNEY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde D. Merritt, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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


DIXON, Justice.

Defendant, indicted for the second degree murder of Rosemary Coleman, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals, raising nine of the twelve assignments of error he perfected during and after trial. Because we find merit in two assignments, we limit our discussion to these.

Assignment of Error No. 12

Defendant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial based on the discovery of new...

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