STATE v. SPELL

No. 67058.

399 So.2d 551 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas Rhuel SPELL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Jack Derrick Miller, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Nolan Edwards, of Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, Larry Dupuis, Crowley, for defendant-appellant.


JASPER E. JONES, Justice Ad Hoc.**

Thomas Rhuel Spell was charged by grand jury indictment with the crime of second degree murder of Ricky Mire in violation of LSA-R.S.14:30.1. On December 20, 1979 defendant was convicted before a jury of twelve by a vote of eleven to one.1 The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for forty years....

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