STATE v. HARRISON

No. 62745.

367 So.2d 1 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert HARRISON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Douglas, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Lance M. Africk, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.*

The defendant was convicted of two counts—attempted second-degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30.1, and attempted manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31—arising out of the same gunfight, when he allegedly returned the fire of two police officers in an unmarked car. Upon his appeal, we find that his Assignment of Error 10 presents reversible error.

The assignment concerns grossly improper and prejudicial closing argument...

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