STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 85 KA 0022.

475 So.2d 394 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leo JOHNSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1985.

Writ Denied November 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Picou, Jr., Dist. Atty., St. Francisville, for plaintiff.

Clayton M. Perkins, Jr., St. Francisville, for defendant.

Before WATKINS, CRAIN and ALFORD, JJ.


WATKINS, Judge.

Leo Johnson, defendant, was charged by grand jury indictment with the second degree murder of his estranged wife, Opal Johnson, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. Defendant pled not guilty, and following trial by jury, was convicted as charged. The trial court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.

From this conviction, defendant appeals urging five assignments of...

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