STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 85 KA 1251.

486 So.2d 889 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Howard WILLIAMS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied June 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Bush, Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge by Robert Piedrahita, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter Dumas, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.


SHORTESS, Judge.

Howard Williams (defendant) was indicted for the second degree murder of Glasper A. Coleman in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. He elected to be tried by a jury, which convicted him as charged; and he was subsequently sentenced to the mandatory term of life imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. He has appealed, urging four assignments of error.

At the time of the incident, defendant resided...

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