STATE v. RIVERS

No. 82-KA-0187.

420 So.2d 1128 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joe C. RIVERS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Marion B. Farmer, Dist. Atty., William R. Alford, Abbott J. Reeves, Jr., and Peter J. Garcia, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

S. Austin McElroy, Covington, for defendant-appellant.


WARD, Justice Pro Tem.*

The St. Tammany Parish Grand Jury indicted the defendant Joe Rivers, charging him with first degree murder, La.R.S. 14:30. After a jury trial, he was found guilty as charged and sentenced to life in prison without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals the conviction and specifies four assignments of error. Although initially seven assignments...

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