STATE v. BAXTER

No. 60253.

357 So.2d 271 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Mitchell BAXTER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion April 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyman S. Gore, Philip A. LeTard, Vidalia, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., W. C. Falkenheiner, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Defendant Mitchell Baxter was charged by the grand jury of Concordia Parish with the second degree murder of Robert Maddox on May 2, 1976. La.Rev.Stat. 14:30.1. He was convicted and sentenced to hard labor for life. On this appeal he contends the trial judge erroneously denied his motion for a new trial.

The motion was filed before sentence. It alleged that defendant had discovered since the verdict that Charles T. Bell, a member of the jury...

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