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STATE v. SMITH

No. 82-KA-1527.

437 So.2d 252 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Craig Patrick SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., James Alcock, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

John Wilson Reed, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

MARCUS, Justice.

Craig Patrick Smith was indicted by the grand jury for the second degree murder of Rick Brian Whitener in violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1. After trial by jury, he was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve twenty-one years at hard labor. On appeal, defendant relies on four assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence.

FACTS

On July 22, 1981, defendant drove Carey Smith (his brother), Jessie Trevathan...

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