STATE v. DUKE

No. 96 KA 2738.

702 So.2d 1175 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert Lee DUKE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doug Moreau, District Attorney, by Gwendolyn K. Brown, Assistant District Attorney, Baton Rouge, for Appellee State.

Edward Greenlee, Baton Rouge, for Defendant-Appellant Robert Lee Duke.

Before LeBLANC and FITZSIMMONS, JJ., and CHIASSON, J. Pro Tem.


FITZSIMMONS, Judge.

The defendant, Robert Lee Duke, was charged by grand jury indictment with second degree murder, a violation of La. R.S. 14:30.1. He pled not guilty and, after trial by jury, was found guilty of the responsive offense of manslaughter, a violation of La. R.S. 14:31. He received a sentence of ten years at hard labor. The defendant has appealed, alleging fourteen2 assignments of error.

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