STATE v. SMITH

No. KA 85-1383.

490 So.2d 365 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin K. SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Denied October 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Bush, Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, by Premila Burns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Lewis O. Unglesby, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.


CARTER, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, Alvin K. Smith, Jr., from a second degree murder conviction.

FACTS

On the evening of February 27, 1984, Alvin K. Smith, Jr. fatally wounded his estranged wife, Janet Smith, using a butcher knife. The incident took place in her home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At approximately 9:00 p.m. that evening, Detective Eberhart of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's...

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