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STATE v. MITCHELL

No. 82-KA-1557.

437 So.2d 264 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Donald Earl MITCHELL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Nancy F. Gilliland, Michael J. Fontenot, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Edward R. Greenlee, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant Donald Mitchell was convicted of second degree murder for the shooting death of his estranged wife and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. See LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. In urging reversal of his conviction, the defendant assigns five errors.

On February 6, 1981, about two hours before the fatal incident, the defendant persuaded his brother to purchase from a Monroe, Louisiana pawn...

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