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STATE v. FORD

No. 64184.

375 So.2d 641 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin D. FORD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing October 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. DeSalvo, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant, Melvin D. Ford, was charged by Grand Jury Indictment with the January 6, 1978 first degree murder of Robert Reynolds in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30. Upon trial by a twelve person jury, defendant was found, by a unanimous verdict, guilty of second degree murder. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without parole, probation or suspension of sentence for 40 years.

Before the trial court, defendant specified...

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