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STATE v. JACKSON

No. 16164-KA.

452 So.2d 1225 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Charles JACKSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Rush Wimberly, III, Arcadia, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., John C. Blake, Dist. Atty.; H. Russell Davis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Arcadia, for appellee.

Before PRICE, HALL and NORRIS, JJ.

NORRIS, Judge.

Defendant, Charles Jackson, appeals a jury conviction of manslaughter in violation of La.R.S. 14:31 and a resulting sentence of eighteen years at hard labor assigning four errors:

(1) The State of Louisiana failed to meet its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing was not perpetrated in self defense, and that the homicide was not justified; (2) The State of Louisiana failed to meet its burden in proving that...

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