STATE v. GIBBS

No. 60769.

355 So.2d 1299 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Maurice GIBBS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde D. Merritt, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Henry P. Julien, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

Maurice Gibbs was indicted for the second degree murder of Russell Taylor in violation of R.S. 14:30.1. A jury of twelve returned a verdict of guilty as charged on September 8, 1976. Defendant was later sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. On appeal defendant relies upon six assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence. Finding no merit to these assignments, we affirm.

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