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STATE v. BURTON

No. 96-KA-1248.

727 So.2d 518 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leon C. BURTON and Percy L. Hawthorne.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied April 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Val M. Solino, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee State.

Archie B. Creech, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, LA, Attorney for Defendant-Appellant Leon C. Burton.

W. Robert Gill, Manasseh, Hildum & Gill, P.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, Attorney for Defendant-Appellant Percy Hawthorne.

Court composed of Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN and Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III.

KLEES, Judge.

On February 9, 1995, defendants, Leon C. Burton and Percy L. Hawthorne, were indicted on two counts of first degree murder in violation of La. R.S. 14:30(1). In count one, the defendants were charged with the first degree murder of Stephen Hall during the perpetration or attempted perpetration of an armed robbery. Count two charged defendants with the first degree murder of Phil Thomasson during the perpetration...

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