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STATE v. BURNETTE

No. 60053.

353 So.2d 989 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Walter BURNETTE and James Granger.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Gleason, III, Public Defender, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Woodrow W. Erwin, Dist. Atty., Julian J. Rodrigue, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

Defendants Walter Burnette and James Granger were charged by indictment with the aggravated kidnapping of Tracey Johnson. La.R.S. 14:44. After a trial by jury, defendants were found guilty and were sentenced to the custody of the Department of Corrections for the rest of their natural lives. Defendants have appealed, relying upon forty assignments of error.

We find reversible error in assignment number 21 and thus pretermit consideration of...

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