STATE v. HAMMONS

No. 90-K-1920.

597 So.2d 990 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert M. HAMMONS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Stephen Glass, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Walter Philip Reed, Dist. Atty., William R. Campbell, Jr., David J. Knight, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether defendant is entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. We hold that the trial judge erred in denying defendant's motion for new trial.

Facts

On July 23, 1984, a man entered the Lakewood Pharmacy in Slidell at about 4:30 p.m. and asked the pharmacist about a prescription ordered by a dentist for him by telephone. The pharmacist replied that he had not received the order, and...

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