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STATE v. SCOTT

No. 61710.

362 So.2d 558 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lester SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy D. Elkins, Marshall R. Pearce, Minden, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., James M. Johnson, First Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant, Lester Scott, was convicted of first degree murder, LSA-R.S. 14:30, and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.

There are five assignments of error, four of which depend upon whether there was appreciable evidence of an overt act on the part of the victim before the defendant attacked him. See State v. Lee, La., 331 So.2d 455 (1976...

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