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STATE v. KNOWLES

No. 80-K-1540.

392 So.2d 651 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Patricia Jane KNOWLES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diehlmann C. Bernhardt and Steven A. Jefferson, Monroe, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., John R. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

The defendant was indicted for first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder, violations of R.S. 14:301 and R.S. 14:26. A jury acquitted her of the murder charge, and the state has now attempted to prosecute her for the alleged conspiracy. Defendant filed two motions to quash the indictment, based upon pleas of former jeopardy, autrefois acquit, res judicata and collateral estoppel. The trial court...

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