Legal Opinion
State v. Smith
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 28, 1986No. KA 85-1383PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
490 So.2d 365 (1986)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Alvin K. SMITH.
No. KA 85-1383.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
May 28, 1986.
Writ Denied October 3, 1986.
Bryan Bush, Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, by Premila Burns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Lewis O. Unglesby, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.
CARTER, Judge.
This is an appeal by defendant, Alvin K. Smith, Jr., from a second degree murder conviction.
FACTS
On the evening of February 27, 1984, Alvin K. Smith, Jr. fatally wounded his estranged wife, Janet Smith, using a butcher knife. The incident…
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