State v. Doze

384 So.2d 351 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Carter DOZE.

No. 66210.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 19, 1980.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1980.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Walter L. Smith, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee.

William L. Lowe, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

DIXON, Chief Justice.[*]

Defendant Doze was charged with second degree murder, found guilty of manslaughter by a unanimous jury and sentenced to eighteen years at hard labor. The one error assigned on appeal concerns the admission, over objection by the defense, of the testimony of the victim's…