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STATE v. WEST

No. 81-KA-0675.

408 So.2d 1114 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Kem C. WEST.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William E. Tilley, Dist. Atty., Edwin L. Cabra, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Elvin C. Fontenot, Jr., of Indigent Defender Office, Leesville, C. Allen Bradley, Jr., & David L. Wallace, of Evans, Bradley & Wallace, DeRidder, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.*

Defendant, Kem West, appeals his conviction of second degree murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant's motion for a new trial was denied on January 5, 1981. Defendant's conviction is reversed, and a new trial is ordered.

On September 30, 1979 Detective Larry Smith of the Vernon Parish...

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