STATE v. LAWSON

No. 61397.

359 So.2d 964 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sammy Glynn LAWSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied July 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. G. Campbell, Campbell & Campbell, Bossier City, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., James M. Johnson, First Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant Sammy Glynn Lawson was charged by bill of information with two counts of attempted first degree murder. La.R.S. 14:27 (La.R.S. 14:30). On March 25, 1977, at the conclusion of a four-day jury trial, he was found guilty as charged of both counts. Thereafter, the trial court sentenced defendant to serve fifteen years at hard labor on each count, with the sentences to run concurrently.

On appeal, defendant has urged twenty-seven assignments...

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