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STATE v. VINET

No. 84-KA-437.

466 So.2d 544 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Richard VINET.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Dorothy Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., 24th Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Martha E. Sassone, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.

DUFRESNE, Judge.

Richard J. Vinet was indicted under R.S. 14:30.1, second degree murder for the killing of a hitchhiker. Following trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged and the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. This appeal followed.

The defendant now urges two assignments of error.

FACTS

In the early morning of June 26, 1983, defendant...

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