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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. KA 84 0201.

457 So.2d 852 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin WASHINGTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 9, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret A. Coon, Covington, for appellee.

Oliver F. Johnson and S. Austin McElroy, Covington, for appellant.

Before COLE, CARTER and LANIER, JJ.

COLE, Judge.

Defendant, Melvin Washington, was convicted on October 14, 1971 of murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:30 and sentenced to death. In State v. Washington, 278 So.2d 484 (La.1973), the Louisiana Supreme Court held defendant's death sentence illegal and remanded his case to the trial court where he was resentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant has now perfected an out-of-time appeal of his conviction and sentence...

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