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STATE v. SAWYER

No. 59336.

350 So.2d 611 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Curtis SAWYER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio E. Papale, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Simmons, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The Orleans Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant, Curtis Sawyer, for second degree murder. The jury returned a responsive verdict of manslaughter. The State charged defendant as an habitual offender under LSA-R.S. 15:529.1 based on three prior felony convictions. The lower court, finding defendant to be an habitual offender as charged, sentenced him to serve twenty-one years in the custody of the Department of Corrections, with credit for time...

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