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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 85-K-1302.

483 So.2d 999 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. John Henry WILLIAMS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael McDonald, Jack M. Dampf, D'Amico, Curet & Dampf, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr. Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., George Ware, Jr. Dist. Atty., Carl Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

John Henry Williams, Jr. was tried for second degree murder of Garfield Branch, convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor (including two years for using a gun in the killing). The court of appeal affirmed. State v. Williams, 470 So.2d 617 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1985).

Defendant claimed he shot Garfield Branch in self-defense. No one saw the shooting. The state called...

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