STATE v. BROWN

No. 86-KA-1941.

514 So.2d 99 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. John A. BROWN, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Eric Dubelier, Michael McMahon, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, M. Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for appellant.


CALOGERO, Justice.

In this appeal from defendant's conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death, the principal issues involve (1) the state's use of court records to establish defendant's prior convictions during the penalty phase of the proceeding (assignment of error number four); and (2) the assertion of the privilege against self-incrimination by a witness called on behalf of the defendant during the penalty phase, and the trial judge's ruling that...

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