State v. Cousan
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
684 So.2d 382 (1996)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Donald Gene COUSAN.
No. 94-KA-2503.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
November 25, 1996.
Dennis G. Stewart, Rayville, Clive Adrian Stafford Smith, Carol A. Kolinchak, New Orleans, for Applicant.
Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Terry R. Reeves, District Attorney, Clifford R. Strider, III, for Respondent.
CALOGERO, Chief Justice.[*]
Defendant Donald Gene Cousan was convicted of the first degree murder of Officer Narvin Powell, Sr. and was thereafter sentenced to death. The case is now before this Court on appeal from the district court. La. Const. art. V, § 5(D).…
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