STATE v. CASTON

No. 26,415-KA.

645 So.2d 1202 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sonny James CASTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephens & Stephens by Sonny N. Stephens, Winnsboro, for appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, William R. Coenen, Jr., Dist. Atty., Rayville, John M. Lancaster, Asst. Dist. Atty., Oak Grove, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, JONES and PRICE, JJ., Pro Tem.


SEXTON, Judge.

After a jury trial, the defendant, Sonny James Caston, was found guilty of second degree murder of Deputy Sheriff Jeffery Gathings, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. On appeal, defendant asserts five assignments of error in an effort to obtain a reversal of his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

On June 19, 1988, the victim...

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