State v. Peters

ALFORD, Judge.

Earl Peters was indicted by the St. Helena Parish grand jury for first degree murder, in violation of La. R.S. 14:30. On the day trial began, the state amended the first degree murder indictment to a charge of second degree murder. Defendant was tried by a jury, which convicted him as charged. The trial court imposed the mandatory penalty of life imprisonment, without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Defendant appealed, urging as his only assignment of error that the trial court erred by finding that the time limits for prosecution had not expired.

FACTS

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