STATE v. KNAPPER

No. 89-K-0841.

555 So.2d 1335 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Corneal KNAPPER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Glass, Lori R. Fregolle, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, for applicant.

William Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Sandra Pettel, Jack Peebles, Kim Garvey, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

We granted writs in this case, wherein relator complains of the court of appeal's affirming his conviction and sentence for second degree murder, to determine the merit of defendant's motion for a new trial based upon newly discovered evidence. That motion was denied by the district court judge and found nonmeritorious by the court of appeal. For the reasons which follow we find that the motion has merit, reverse the rulings of the district court...

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