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STATE v. SHEPPARD

No. 63537.

371 So.2d 1135 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Calvin Roy SHEPPARD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon J. Hamner, Charles Gary Blaize, Houma, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., William G. Yates, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

This prosecution arose from a series of arguments among residents of an apartment complex in Houma, Louisiana on July 3, 1977. The initial dispute was between Cheryl Williams and Jerry Simmons, who was living with Melvina Williams, Cheryl's mother. Cheryl then told her boyfriend, Lionel Sheppard, about the altercation, and Lionel subsequently went to the Williams' apartment to discuss the matter with Simmons. After the argument became heated, Lionel...

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