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STATE v. SHAW

Nos. 27,892-KA, 27,893-KA.

672 So.2d 237 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Timothy L. SHAW, Appellant. STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Charlie Dewayne SUMLER, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Edwards, Robert Noel, II, Monroe, for Appellant, Timothy L. Shaw.

Michael Courteau, Gilmer Hingle, Monroe, for Appellant, Charlie Dewayne Sumler.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Madeleine M. Slaughter, Asst. District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before MARVIN, WILLIAMS and STEWART, JJ.

WILLIAMS, Judge.

The defendants, Timothy Lavelle Shaw and Charlie Dewayne Sumler, were jointly indicted by a Ouachita Parish grand jury for second degree murder, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. After a joint trial, a jury found the defendants guilty as charged. Both defendants unsuccessfully filed motions for post verdict judgments of acquittal and for new trials. The trial court sentenced each defendant to life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole...

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