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STATE v. FORBES

No. 59174.

348 So.2d 983 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph B. FORBES, Sr., Richard Jones and James A. Jones.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion August 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight D. Reed, Opelousas, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., Robert Brinkman, First Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The State jointly charged the defendants, Joseph B. Forbes, Sr., Richard Jones, and James A. Jones, with armed robbery, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64. A unanimous jury found them guilty as charged. Each defendant received forty years imprisonment at hard labor.

The defendants appeal. They rely on five assignments of error for reversal of their convictions and sentences. One defendant, Joseph Forbes, raises an additional argument in...

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