CHEHARDY, Judge.
On February 26, 1982 a Jefferson Parish Grand Jury indicted Darnell M. White for the second degree murder of Lee Jackson. Following trial by jury defendant was convicted of the lesser offense of manslaughter. LSA-R.S. 14:31. He was sentenced to a term of 15 years at hard labor in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Defendant has appealed from the conviction and the sentence.
On the morning of the trial (September 2, 1982) defense...
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