TATE, Justice.
The defendant Ellender was convicted of aggravated criminal damage to property, La.R.S. 14:55, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment at hard labor.
We reverse. We find merit to the defendant's Assignment of Error No. 5.
This assignment complains of the denial of a new trial, sought on the basis of the state's introduction of perjured testimony greatly prejudicial to the accused in the jury's determination of his innocence or guilt...
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