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STATE v. DAVIS

No. CR 82-553.

431 So.2d 117 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard E. DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Mitchell, Leesville, for defendant-appellant.

Mark H. Kramer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Leesville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.

DOUCET, Judge.

On the night of August 16, 1981, Ronnie Parks was brutally beaten to death. The crime involved the use of a .38 calibre gun. Leonard Davis was subsequently tried for the crime of second degree murder by a jury. Davis' brother-in-law, Dennis Holmes, testified for the State and gave testimony damaging to the defendant (the State called eleven witnesses in all, and the other witnesses corroborated Holmes' testimony).

Shortly after Mr. Holmes' testimony...

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