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STATE v. WILLIS

No. CR82-792.

438 So.2d 605 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam L. Ortego, Sulphur, for defendant-appellant.

Leonard K. Knapp, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Robert R. Bryant, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, DOUCET and KNOLL, JJ.

DOUCET, Judge.

The defendant, Jerry Willis, was charged by bill of indictment with the second degree murder (LSA-R.S. 14:30.1) of Thomas Chapman, arising from a shooting incident on July 1, 1981, at a tavern in Calcasieu Parish. Defendant pleaded not guilty, urging that he acted in self-defense, but was found guilty as charged at his subsequent jury trial in September 1982.1 Pursuant to R.S. 14:30.1, defendant was sentenced to the mandatory...

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