STATE v. HOLMES

No. KA-6232.

502 So.2d 1112 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Warren HOLMES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Gerry Deegan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Sandra Pettle, Law Clerk, New Orleans, for appellant.

Joseph Meyer, Jr., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before GULOTTA, CIACCIO and LOBRANO, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

Defendant, Warren Holmes, was indicted by an Orleans Parish Grand Jury for the January 22, 1986, first degree murder of Jiles Pierce, a violation of La.R.S. 14:30(A)(4).1

Defendant was arraigned on April 2, 1986 and pled not guilty. On May 5, 1986, defendant filed a motion to quash the indictment arguing that La.R.S. 14:30(A)(4) contains a contractual element, and that the murder of a prosecution witness in a pending...

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