STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 81-KA-1410.

410 So.2d 217 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph L. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Robert W. Gillespie, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Donald R. Minor and Jeanette G. Garrett of Indigent Defender Office, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.


JONES, Justice Ad Hoc.*

Defendant Williams was indicted for the crime of second degree murder (La.R.S. 14:30.1), convicted by jury as charged, and sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole. Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence, relying on sixteen assignments of error, twelve of which were argued.

During the early morning hours of December 22, 1979, the defendant, a 27 year old black male,...

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