State v. Leichman

h HIGHTOWER, Judge.

Responding to a call on April 8, 1973, Union Parish law enforcement personnel found Robert Leichman, Jr., armed with a shotgun, at his estranged wife’s apartment. When the officers requested that he surrender his weapon, Leichman shot Deputy Jesse Neal, Jr. While others attempted to guide the wounded man to safety, defendant continued to fire. Upon reaching Neal again, Leichman pulled him from a patrol car and brutally beat his head with a pistol until he died. Although a jury found Leichman guilty of murder, LSA-R.S. 14:30 (1973), and the Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed…