Legal Opinion
State v. Simms
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 11, 1985No. 84-KA-210PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
465 So.2d 769 (1985)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
John SIMMS.
No. 84-KA-210.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.
February 11, 1985.
Harry J. Morel, Jr., Dist. Atty., Gregory C. Champagne, Asst. Dist. Atty., Twenty-Ninth Judicial Dist., Hahnville, for plaintiff-appellee.
Gordon Hackman, Boutte, for defendant-appellant.
Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and CURRAULT, JJ.
CURRAULT, Judge.
As a result of a shooting which occurred on June 4, 1981, defendant John Simms was indicted by a grand jury for the second degree murder of Carl Hodenfield pursuant to LSA-R.S. 14:30.1. A jury trial was held on June 28, 29 and 30,…
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