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STATE v. SPIKES

No. 82 KA 0585.

423 So.2d 730 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. James Earl SPIKES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Knight, Asst. Dist. Atty., Franklinton, for State.

Samuel Austin McElroy, Covington, for defendant.

Before COVINGTON, LEAR and LANIER, JJ.

COVINGTON, Judge.

Defendant, James Earl Spikes, was charged by indictment with the murder of Lola Ratcliff on February 22,1973, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30. He pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. After a trial without a jury on motion of defendant's court-appointed counsel, he was convicted of the crime charged and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. Defendant, through the public defender's office, has appealed this conviction and sentence...

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