STATE v. NASH

No. 84-KA-1770.

475 So.2d 752 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas NASH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Douglas Greenburg, Dist. Atty., Alexander L. Doyle, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

A.D. O'Neal, Jackie Marve, Indigent Defenders Board, Houma, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Thomas Nash, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter and sentenced to twelve years imprisonment at hard labor. Because the trial court granted defendant an order of appeal prior to July 1, 1982, defendant appealed directly to this court. See La. Const. art. V § 5(E).

Defendant, Thomas Nash, stabbed David Turbyfill with a knife in three parts of his body: in his back at the bottom of his rib cage, in his chest, and in his left...

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