STATE v. NEWTON

No. K92-813.

621 So.2d 872 (1993)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John R. NEWTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don M. Burkett, Many, for State of LA.

W. Charles Brown, Mansfield, for John R. Newton.

Before STOKER, KNOLL and COOKS, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

The limited legal question in this writ application is whether the trial court erred in finding that the agreements undertaken by the State were not sufficient inducements to render defendant's guilty plea invalid.

On November 27, 1988, relator entered a cafe to confront Ethel Shelby, with whom he had a daughter. He fired shots at Shelby and her companion, Ray Charles Farris, killing Farris and seriously wounding Shelby. On January 30, 1989,...

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