STATE v. CALHOUN

No. 21202-KA.

554 So.2d 127 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Field CALHOUN, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied March 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Office by Richard E. Hiller, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., A.M. Stroud, III, Liddell Smith, Tommy J. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before HALL, SEXTON and LINDSAY, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

The defendant was charged by grand jury indictment with first degree murder, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30. The defendant was convicted as charged by a unanimous 12-member jury. The jury, however, could not agree whether the defendant should receive the death penalty or be sentenced to life imprisonment. The district court accordingly sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence...

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