STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. 62550.

365 So.2d 1356 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. David Hill LAWRENCE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry H. Lemoine, Jr., Wilbert J. Saucier, Jr., Lemoine & Saucier, Pineville, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Pegues, III, Dist. Atty., William E. Tilley, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Edwin L. Cabra, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The Grand Jury of Vernon Parish indicted the defendant, David Hill Lawrence, for second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. He was tried by jury and found guilty as charged. The trial judge sentenced him to life imprisonment, without parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for forty years. The defense preserved twelve assignments of error, eight of which defendant relies upon for reversal of his conviction and sentence.

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