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STATE v. GAINES

No. KA 3583.

483 So.2d 1239 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Rene GAINES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Regan, Jr., New Orleans, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael E. McMahon, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before CIACCIO, WARD and WILLIAMS, JJ.

CIACCIO, Judge.

Defendant, Rene Gaines, was indicted for the "first degree murder of one Avis Wells, while attempting to kill more than one person." R.S.14:30. The defendant was found guilty as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence relying upon three assignments of error and we affirm.

Prior to this incident, the victim, Avis Wells and the...

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