STATE v. TERRIAULT

No. 63259.

369 So.2d 125 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alain TERRIAULT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertrand DeBlanc, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., William J. Burris, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Defendant Alain Terriault was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:30.1. On January 14, 1977, after a jury trial defendant was found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced by the trial court to serve twenty-one years at hard labor. Relying on one assignment of error, defendant appeals his conviction and sentence to this Court.

On the evening of June 8, 1976, defendant and one Danny Webb were...

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