STATE v. MESSIAH

No. 85-KA-1659.

538 So.2d 175 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Keith E. MESSIAH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Beryl McSmith, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Keith E. Messiah appeals his conviction for first degree murder and his sentence of death.

On Mardi Gras day, February 15, 1983, Bernice Holman was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Popeye's Fried Chicken located on the corner of South Claiborne Avenue and Toledano Street in New Orleans.

Ms. Holman and five friends, James and Maureen Barnes, Eddie Hager, Debra Adams and Claire Burbank, had driven from Panama City, Florida...

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