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RICHMAN v. CHARTER ARMS CORP.

Civ. A. No. 82-1314.

571 F.Supp. 192 (1983)

Judie RICHMAN, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Kathy Newman, Deceased v. CHARTER ARMS CORPORATION.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana, Section "I".

As Amended August 22 and October 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Windle Turley, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

David R. Frohn, Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Hunter, Gray & Hoffman, Lake Charles, La., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MENTZ, District Judge.

Early in the afternoon on April 4, 1981, Willie Watson obtained a handgun from an acquaintance. That evening, Watson used the gun, allegedly a "snub nose .38," to kidnap, rob, rape, and then murder Kathy Newman, a third-year medical student at Tulane University. Since committing these crimes, Watson has been tried, convicted and sentenced to death.1 Watson, however,

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