STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 64875.

381 So.2d 803 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth Lee SIMMONS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Numa Bertel, Jr., Robert F. Barnard, New Orleans, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Brian G. Meissner, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Chief Justice.*

On March 19, 1963 defendant Kenneth Lee Simmons and Eddie Monroe were indicted by a grand jury for the offense of first degree murder, a violation of Article 30 of the Criminal Code. On June 29, 1963, following a trial by a jury, both defendants were found guilty as charged. On April 8, 1965 they were sentenced to death by electrocution.

During 1968 defendant Simmons escaped from custody and was a fugitive...

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