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STATE v. ABNEY

No. 59158.

347 So.2d 498 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Leon ABNEY, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Culpepper, Baker, Culpepper & Brunson, Jonesboro, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ragan D. Madden, Dist. Atty., O. L. Waltman, E. J. Bleich, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Abney was convicted of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31(1) (1973), and sentenced to eight years imprisonment at hard labor. He appeals his conviction, relying upon sixteen assignments of error.

The offense charged is based upon the defendant Abney's killing Nicky Lampkin. The fight between the two occurred about midnight. A few minutes earlier, Lampkin had hit Abney's girl friend outside the American Legion Hall, a social establishment...

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