STATE v. SELF

No. 59400.

353 So.2d 1282 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Gilbert Ray SELF.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied October 21, 1977.

Dissenting Opinion January 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Gahagan, Jr., Gahagan & Gahagan, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James L. Davis, Dist. Atty., E. L. Edwards, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Gilbert Ray Self, was convicted in a judge trial of negligent homicide, La.R.S. 14:32, and sentenced to three years imprisonment at hard labor. His sentence was suspended, but he was required to serve one year in jail as a condition of probation.

On December 4, 1975, two automobiles collided head-on in the north-bound lane of U.S. Highway 171 about one-tenth of a mile south of Many, Louisiana...

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