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STATE v. WATKINS

No. 93-KA-310.

625 So.2d 507 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana v. William WATKINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

September 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Rawls, Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for defendant/appellant.

Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, for plaintiff/appellee.

William B. Faust, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Metairie, for plaintiff/appellee.

Before BOWES, GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.

BOWES, Judge.

Defendant, William Watkins, appeals his conviction and sentence for manslaughter, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:31. For the following reasons we affirm.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Jefferson Parish Grand Jury returned an indictment against the defendant on July 18, 1991. Defendant was charged originally with first degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30. At the arraignment defendant pled not guilty. Subsequently, the State amended...

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