STATE v. SCOTT

No. 60011.

355 So.2d 231 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Randolph Wayne SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied March 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scotty G. Rozas, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank T. Salter, Jr., Dist. Atty., Gregory D. Lyons, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant Randolph Wayne Scott was convicted by a jury of manslaughter, La. R.S. 14:31, and sentenced to fourteen years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals his conviction, relying upon thirteen assignments of error.1

The victim, Anne Melancon, was found dead in her apartment at about 4:00 a. m. on October 16, 1975. Curtis Richards, the neighbor who discovered the body, ran to defendant...

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