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STATE v. MORRIS

No. 80-KA-2873.

404 So.2d 1186 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Edward Charles MORRIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard K. Knapp, Dist. Atty., Evelyn Oubre, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

James Miguez & Carl A. Leckband, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

BLANCHE, Justice.*

The defendant was indicted by the Calcasieu Parish Grand Jury on a charge of second degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Martin D. Wilson. R.S. 14:30.1. The defendant was tried by jury and found guilty of manslaughter. R.S. 14:31. His motion for a new trial was denied, whereupon the defendant was sentenced to serve eighteen years.

FACTS

Martin D. Wilson was shot in the head on October...

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