STATE v. SMITH

No. 67511.

392 So.2d 454 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Gregory SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Fred P. Harper, Jr., Louise Korns, Lance Africk, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.


LEMMON, Justice.

In this appeal from a conviction of second degree murder the principal issue involves defendant's attempt to suppress the murder weapon seized incident to the allegedly unlawful arrest of Wilbert Kelly.

I.

On June 20, 1978 the body of an unidentified female was discovered in an isolated wooded area of Orleans Parish. The victim apparently had been shot repeatedly with a .45 caliber pistol and a .38 caliber pistol. A slug recovered...

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