Judgment affirmed.
The defendant was accused of murdering Robert Johnson in a hallway of the building in which they both resided. The prosecution's evidence showed that on the night of February 1, 1979, Johnson asked a neighbor, Louis Febre, to accompany him upstairs to talk with the defendant who, according to Johnson, had been loitering at his doorway, tampering with the lock. Johnson tucked a knife under his right sleeve "[j]ust in case anything happened", and...
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