STATE v. GIOVANNI

No. 81-KA-1218.

409 So.2d 593 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Edward Lee GIOVANNI, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

D. Michael Mooney, and Carl A. Leckband, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.


JIM GARRISON, Justice Ad Hoc.**

Edward Lee Giovanni, Jr., the defendant, was charged with three counts of first degree murder for the killing of Paul Terry Prejean, Margaret Ellen Prejean and Jessie Paul Prejean on or about September 2, 1978, in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. A true bill was returned by the Calcasieu Grand Jury against the defendant on October 5, 1978. On November 4, 1980, the jury found the defendant guilty as charged on...

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