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STATE v. BENOIT

No. 82-KA-1114.

440 So.2d 129 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ramus J. BENOIT, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard Knapp, Dist. Atty., Larry Regan, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

D. Michael Mooney, Lake Charles, C. Thomas Tolbert, Sulphur, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Defendant Ramus J. Benoit, Jr. was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant has appealed, arguing four of eight assignments of error.

In the early morning hours of October 8, 1981 defendant, his younger brother Larry Benoit, and Vaughn Howard called for a taxi. They instructed the driver to take them to a remote area outside Lake Charles where the driver was shot and robbed. The body was left at the...

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