STATE v. MORAN

No. KA-4786.

495 So.2d 338 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Merteal MORAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Rowley, Dist. Atty., Chalmette, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

William H. Egan, Indigent Defender's Office, Parish of St. Bernard, Chalmette, for defendant-appellant.

Before CIACCIO, WILLIAMS and HUFFT, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

Defendant Merteal Moran was convicted by a twelve person jury of manslaughter in violation of La.R.S. 14:31. He was sentenced to twenty-one years at hard labor. It is from this conviction that defendant appeals, assigning three errors in the court below as a basis therefor.

Defendant's wife had moved into his apartment after a separation when she was shot and killed at about 10:30 p.m. on April 12, 1984. Three neighbors testified at trial...

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