STATE v. TOMPKINS

No. 80-KA-2372.

403 So.2d 644 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. George TOMPKINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Eddie Knoll, Dist. Atty., Jeanette T. Knoll, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Donald R. Wilson, Gaharan & Wilson, Jena, for defendant-appellant.


LEMMON, Justice.*

This case involves an unfortunate incident outside of a barroom which left one man dead and resulted in a manslaughter conviction and a 15-year prison sentence for another. The primary issues raised on appeal are insufficiency of evidence, error in refusing a special jury instruction, and excessiveness of sentence.

Facts

The victim (Keller) and another barroom patron (Turner) became embroiled in...

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