STATE v. SHELTON

No. 64789.

377 So.2d 96 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Clyde SHELTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Sherburne Sentell, Jr., Minden, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon H. Whitten, Dist. Atty., George Meadors, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


LANDRY, Justice Ad Hoc.

Clyde Shelton was charged by bill of information with simple kidnapping of Jennifer Lee Deaton on June 3, 1978. La.R.S. 14:45. By a jury vote of five to one he was convicted of the offense and sentenced to maximum imprisonment at hard labor for five years. In seeking reversal he alleges eleven assignments of error.

The testimony of the nine major witnesses who testified at the trial is conflicting as to what transpired on the night...

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