STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. 84 KA 0395.

459 So.2d 40 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert MATTHEWS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Carmichael, Clinton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ernest Lee Caulfield, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before COLE, CARTER and LANIER, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

Defendant, Robert Matthews, was charged by grand jury indictment with the second degree murder of Jimmy Charles in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. After pleading not guilty, defendant was tried by a jury and found guilty as charged. He received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals his conviction, alleging five assignments of error.

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