State v. Burton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
416 So.2d 73 (1982)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Morris BURTON, Jr.
No. 81-KA-2033.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 21, 1982.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Warren J. Hebert, Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
John P. Calmes, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
BLANCHE, Justice.[*]
Defendant, Morris Burton, was convicted of second degree murder, a violation of R.S. 14:30.1. The trial judge ordered Burton to serve a life sentence at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence for…
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