Landry v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the first degree. He was convicted of murder in the second degree and his punishment was fixed at twenty years in the penitentiary. Prior to arraignment he was found to be indigent and the court appointed counsel to represent him. He is in this court with a free transcript and another attorney represents him on appeal.

It was shown without conflict that appellant and four other Negro men drove from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Mobile, Alabama, on August 4, 1974, to obtain narcotics. They met a local user, referred to by one of appellant’s…