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STATE v. JAMES

No. CR86-459.

499 So.2d 721 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtis R. JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elvin C. Fontenot, Jr., Leesville, for defendant-appellant.

Asa A. Skinner, Asst. Dist. Atty., Leesville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.

YELVERTON, Judge.

Curtis R. James was found guilty of second degree murder, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30.1, and sentenced as required by the statute to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole. He appeals the conviction based on six assignments of error. We affirm.

FACTS

A jury found that the defendant, the 61-year-old son of Ida Hext, shot and killed his 80-year-old mother on the front porch of their home in Leesville, Louisiana...

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