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STATE v. RANKIN

No. KA-0788.

454 So.2d 880 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Henry RANKIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted October 26, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Mary Charlotte McMullan, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff State of La.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant Henry Rankin.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and LOBRANO, JJ.

KLEES, Judge.

The defendant, Henry Rankin, was arrested on March 17, 1982 and subsequently indicted with second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. He exercised his right to a jury trial and was found guilty as charged by a unanimous vote of the twelve member jury. Rankin was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for the rest of his natural life, the mandatory sentence under LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence on the basis...

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