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STATE v. COPELAND

No. 87-KA-0128.

530 So.2d 526 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. James E. COPELAND.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Duncan S. Kemp, III, Dist. Atty., Gail K. Sheffield, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Curtis Baham, Gideon Carter, III, Hammond, Kenneth Murchism, for defendantappellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

James E. Copeland appeals his conviction for first degree murder and his sentence of death.

The Livingston Parish Grand Jury indicted defendant nineteen-year old Copeland and thirty-seven year old George Brooks1 for the July 7, 1979 murder of Joseph Cook Owen, an eleven year old boy. Copeland's trial was changed from Livingston Parish to Tangipahoa Parish where a unanimous jury found Copeland guilty as charged...

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