STATE v. PERKINS

No. 81-KA-3120.

423 So.2d 1103 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. William PERKINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, David Plavnicky, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Clyde D. Merritt, Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.*

Defendant William Perkins was indicted by a grand jury for first degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:30.1 After being tried by a jury of twelve persons and found guilty, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, pursuant to the jury's recommendation. C.Cr.P. 905.6. Defendant appeals and asserts four assignments of error for...

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