STATE v. FORD

No. 94-K-1964.

644 So.2d 1159 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin D. FORD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 27, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty. of Orleans Parish, Mary Glass, Asst. Dist. Atty. of Orleans Parish, David Weilbacher, Jr., Law Clerk, New Orleans, for the State.

Laurie A. White, Angela A. Gerrets, Law Office of Laurie A. White, New Orleans, for respondent.

Before KLEES, LOBRANO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of second degree murder in 1978. His conviction and sentence were affirmed in State v. Ford, 375 So.2d 641 (La.1979). On August 31, 1994, counsel filed with the trial court an application for post-conviction relief alleging that the trial court had delivered a Cage reasonable doubt instruction in defendant's trial. The trial court...

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