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STATE v. TASBY

No. 26103-KA.

639 So.2d 469 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Vidale G. TASBY, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Office, John M. Lawrence, Shreveport, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., W. Stanley Lockard, Asst. Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, VICTORY and BROWN, JJ.

BROWN, Judge.

During a cocaine sale, 18-year-old Vidale G. Tasby shot and killed 23-year-old James Williams, Jr. After rejecting Tasby's claim of self-defense, a jury found him guilty of second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1(A). Tasby appeals his conviction and sentence to life at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.

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