STATE v. MATHIEU

No. KA-1331.

449 So.2d 1087 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ferdinand MATHIEU.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Beryl M. McSmith, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

John J. Dolan, New Orleans, for appellant.

Before LOBRANO, CIACCIO and WARD, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

Appellant, Ferdinand Mathieu and his co-defendant, Lionel Sorina, were indicted by a grand jury for the March 13, 1981 first degree murders of Michael Gebbard and Daniel Hemple. Prior to trial the charges against Mathieu were reduced to two counts of second degree murder.

On June 16, 1983, appellant was tried and convicted on both counts by the unanimous vote of a twelve person jury. He was subsequently sentenced to life at hard labor, without...

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