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STATE v. ANDERSON

No. 20839-KA.

550 So.2d 797 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Cleavon ANDERSON, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied January 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, T.J. Adkins, Dist. Atty., John L. Sheehan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Ruston, for appellee.

Before FRED W. JONES, LINDSAY and HIGHTOWER, JJ.

LINDSAY, Judge.

The defendant, Cleavon Anderson, Jr., having been indicted for second degree murder in the shooting death of Willie Dawson, and tried by jury, now appeals his conviction of the responsive verdict of manslaughter, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:31, and his sentence to twelve years at hard labor. For the following reasons, we reverse the conviction, vacate the sentence and remand for a new trial for the offense of manslaughter.

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