STATE v. JOHNSON

Nos. KA-3362, KA-3520.

480 So.2d 391 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ferdinand JOHNSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied March 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., New Orleans, Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael E. McMahon, Maria L. Reuther, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for appellee.

M. Craig Colwart, O.I.D.P., New Orleans, for appellant.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and GULOTTA and GARRISON, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

The sole issue before this court comes to us by way of a writ application and an appeal.1

On March 3, 1984, Ferdinand Johnson, following an argument in the victim's grocery store with the victim and his sister-in-law, shot and killed the store owner. Johnson had fired six shots in succession from a hand gun striking the owner and missing the other party.

Defendant was indicted under LSA-R.S. 14:30(3) for...

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