State v. Gautreaux

377 So.2d 289 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Vincent GAUTREAUX

No. 64494.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 1, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1979.

Peter C. Piccione, Sr., Peter C. Piccione Law Offices, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Ross A. Brupbacher, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a second degree murder conviction and a sentence of life imprisonment without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence for forty years,…