STATE v. MORRIS

No. 64786.

397 So.2d 1237 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Renee MORRIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing April 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., John Sinquefield, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Alton T. Moran, Office of the Indigent Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.


SUMMERS, Chief Justice.*

Defendant Renee Morris was indicted by the East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury and charged with first degree murder in violation of La.Rev.Stat. 14:30. The indictment alleged that defendant committed the offense on August 17, 1977. At the time the offense was defined as follows:

"First degree murder is the killing of a human being when the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily...

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