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STATE v. BURAS

No. KA-1840.

459 So.2d 756 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dexter BURAS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony D. Ragusa, Jr., Port Sulpher, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., New Orleans, Leander H. Perez, Jr., Dist. Atty., 25th Judicial Dist., Parish of Plaquemines, Point a la Hache, Gilbert V. Andry, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS and BYRNES, JJ., and L. JULIAN SAMUEL, J. Pro Tem.

L. JULIAN SAMUEL, Judge Pro Tem.

Dexter Buras was indicted for aggravated kidnapping, a violation of La.R.S. 14:44. Following a trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged and sentenced to serve the mandatory penalty of life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, Buras relies upon seven assignments of error. Finding merit in the sixth of the assigned errors, we annull and set aside the conviction and...

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