STATE v. McDOWELL

No. 88-KA-646.

538 So.2d 754 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. Herbert J. McDOWELL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce G. Whittaker, Gretna, for appellant.

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., John Lee, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, for appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, C.J., and BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

Herbert J. McDowell, defendant, was charged by true bill with second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. He entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment and subsequently was tried by a jury, which found him guilty of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. He was sentenced to fourteen years' imprisonment at hard labor. The defendant has appealed.

McDowell's only assignment of error is any error patent on the face of...

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