STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 81-KA-2262.

414 So.2d 705 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Mid SIMMONS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Pegues, III, Dist. Atty., David W. Burton, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Joe J. Tritico, Lake Charles, James K. Nichols, De Ridder, for defendant-appellant.


NESTOR L. CURRAULT, Justice Pro Tem.*

Defendant Mid Simmons was charged by Bill of Indictment with the second-degree murder of Parham Johnson. After trial by jury, the defendant was unanimously found guilty of manslaughter. On June 19, 1981, he was sentenced to six years imprisonment at hard labor. The defendant now appeals on the basis of eight assignments of error as grounds for reversal of his conviction and sentence.

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