STATE v. SERRATO

No. 81-KA-2610.

424 So.2d 214 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Juan SERRATO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Charles M. Brandt, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Arthur A. Lemann, III, James J. Adams, Fournet & Adams, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Juan Serrato was convicted of second degree murder in violation of R.S. 14:30.1 on April 3, 1981 and was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Defendant's motion for a new trial was denied. He now appeals his conviction and sentence arguing two assignments of error and one error patent.

On the morning of October 10, 1980, shortly after 11:00 a.m., Serrato, a helicopter...

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