STATE v. NESLO

No. 81-KA-1202.

433 So.2d 73 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Reinier NESLO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry Connick, Dist. Atty., John Craft, Jeff Bassett, Lindsey Larson, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Numa Burtel, John Lawrence, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Reinier Neslo, was indicted by the Orleans Parish Grand Jury with the first degree murder of Suzanne M. Theriot in the early morning hours of April 11, 1980. At trial in December, 1980, following two days of testimony, the twelve person jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty. After the sentencing hearing, the jury was unable to agree on the death sentence and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit...

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