STATE v. CHASE

No. 57145.

329 So.2d 434 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Joseph Leon CHASE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Jerome D'Aquila, New Roads, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel C. Cashio, Dist. Atty., Charles H. Dameron, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder, La.R.S. 14:30 (1950), and sentenced to life imprisonment "without benefit of parole, probation, commutation, or suspension of sentence."

Upon his appeal, he argues two errors as reversible: (a) the admission of photographs of the victim (bills of exceptions 2 and 3); and (b) the failure to suppress from evidence the gun used in the killing, allegedly the product of an illegal search (bills of exceptions...

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