STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 82-KA-0045.

426 So.2d 95 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ray Charles JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Ted Brett Brunson and Ralph S. Wright, Lowther & Boone, Many, Wellborn Jack, Jack, Jack, Cary & Cary, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Ray Charles Johnson was tried by a jury on October 22, 1981 and was found guilty as charged of second degree murder (R.S. 14:30.1). He was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension. Defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence arguing five assignments of error.

Defendant resided with Ernie Mae McElroy in Apartment 120 in the housing project in Zwolle, Louisiana. Ms. McElroy's...

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