State v. Lawson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
338 So.2d 627 (1976)
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,
v.
Isaac LAWSON, Jr., Appellant.
No. 57730.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 6, 1976.
Rehearing Denied November 5, 1976.
John M. Lawrence, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
TATE, Justice.
The defendant Lawson was convicted of manslaughter, La.R.S. 14:31, and sentenced to fourteen years at hard labor. The conviction resulted from a second trial, since an earlier trial had been ended by a…
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