STATE v. AMES

No. 48165.

190 So.2d 223 (1966)

249 La. 685

STATE of Louisiana v. John Edward AMES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Covert, Luther W. Cole, Baton Rouge, for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

On February 7, 1963, a bill of information was filed in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, charging John Edward Ames with armed robbery under R.S. 14:64. On the same day, without counsel and without having been informed of his right to counsel, he was arraigned, pleaded guilty, and, having waived the legal delay for sentencing, was sentenced by the court to 15 years at hard labor in the...

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