STATE v. SMITH

No. 97-KA-0159.

717 So.2d 1209 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shawn SMITH and Kendrick Howard.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Susan Erlanger Talbot, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for State.

Francis G. Weller, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for Kendrick Howard.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Shawn Smith.

Before KLEES, PLOTKIN and McKAY, JJ.


McKAY, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On February 3, 1994, the defendants, Shawn Smith and Kendrick Howard, were indicted for the first degree murder of Chester Leobia in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. Defendant Smith entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment on March 30, 1994. Defendant Howard pled not guilty at his arraignment on September 9, 1994. On November 3, 1994, the defendants filed suppression and discovery motions. On May 15, 1996, after...

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