STATE v. COLEMAN

No. 81-KA-1821.

410 So.2d 1079 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dwayne David COLEMAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard Knapp, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Terry Johnson, Eugene Bouquet, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

James B. Collins, Harold L. Thibodeaux, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.


SHORTESS, Judge Ad Hoc*.

Dwayne David Coleman (defendant) was charged by a Calcasieu Parish Grand Jury indictment with the second degree murder of Bill Carr, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. On March 23-26, 1981, defendant was tried by a twelve-person jury, found guilty as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. On appeal, defendant relies upon two assignments...

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