STATE v. NICHOLAS

No. KA 8265.

548 So.2d 1278 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leonard NICHOLAS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied October 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for appellant.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Janet Ahern, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before GARRISON, CIACCIO and WARD, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

Defendant, Leonard Nicholas, was indicted by a grand jury for the first degree murder of Charles Lebreton, Jr. His first trial on July 8, 1981 ended in a mistrial, and defendant was retried on July 16, 1981.

By unanimous vote, a twelve-member jury found defendant guilty of having violated La.R.S. 14:30.1, second degree murder. Defendant appeals on the basis of three assignments of error. Finding no merit to these assignments, and finding no...

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