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STATE v. SAVOY

No. 81-KA-2924.

418 So.2d 547 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dora Mae SAVOY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., Robert Brinkman, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Lawrence B. Sandoz, III, Leslie J. Schiff, Sandoz, Sandoz & Schiff, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

AUGUSTINE, Justice Ad Hoc *.

The defendant, Dora Mae Savoy, was charged by grand jury indictment of March 9, 1981 with the second degree murder of Francis Sam, Jr. A jury of twelve heard this case on June 24-26, 1981 and returned a verdict of guilty as charged. The defendant was later sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, she raises ten assignments of error.

By the first assignment of error, appellant urges that her conviction...

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