STATE v. BUTLER

No. 84-KA-173.

462 So.2d 1280 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert BUTLER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Craft, Staff Appellate Counsel, 24th Judicial Dist., Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for Robert Butler defendant-appellant.

William C. Credo, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Research & Appeals, Gretna, for State of Louisiana, plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOUTALL, KLIEBERT and BOWES, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

Appellant Robert Butler was indicted for the first degree murder of David Cruz. Following trial, a jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged and recommended a sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Butler appeals both his conviction and sentence.

These six assignments of error are raised for our review:

1. The court erred in excusing for cause those potential jurors who expressed...

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