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STATE v. MITCHELL

No. 26070-KA.

639 So.2d 391 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. J.W. MITCHELL, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Office by John M. Lawrence and Richard E. Hiller, Shreveport, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Rebecca I. Bush, Tommy J. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Before SEXTON and HIGHTOWER, JJ., and LOWE, J. Pro Tem.

SEXTON, Judge.

Defendant, J.W. Mitchell, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. A jury found him guilty of the lesser and included offense of manslaughter, and after the adjudication as a third felony offender, the trial court imposed a sentence of 38 years at hard labor, 5 of which are to be served without benefit of parole due to the firearms enhancement of LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 893.3. Defendant appeals, contending...

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