STATE v. SORAPARU

No. 93-KA-1636.

649 So.2d 1100 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana v. George SORAPARU.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 19, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Karen E. Godail, Philip A. Spence, Asst. Attys. Gen., New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Sherry Watters, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before JONES, WALTZER and LANDRIEU, JJ.


LANDRIEU, Judge.

George R. Soraparu was charged by grand jury indictment on March 11, 1993, with second degree murder in violation of La.Rev. Stat.Ann. § 14:30.1 (West Supp.1994). Following the trial on April 20, 1993, a twelve-member jury found him guilty of manslaughter, a lesser included offense. He was sentenced on April 27, 1993, to serve forty (40) years at hard labor. On appeal defense counsel raises two assignments of error and the defendant raises two...

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