STATE v. BERNARD

No. 61078.

358 So.2d 1268 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Errol BERNARD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. James Hicks, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Brian G. Meissner, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

In a trial by jury defendant Errol Bernard was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. Four assignments of error are urged on this appeal.

Assignment 1: Defendant testified on his own behalf. He stated that on April 18, 1975, at approximately 11:30 a. m., he was walking in the 2400 block of Third Street in the city of New Orleans on the way...

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