STATE v. ALLEN

No. 48496.

203 So.2d 705 (1967)

251 La. 237

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin Lee ALLEN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Peebles, New Orleans, for appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hal R. Henderson, Dist. Atty., Fred L. Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

The question here is whether courtroom identification of an accused at trial is to be excluded from evidence because the accused was exhibited to the witness before trial at a lineup conducted for identification purposes when the accused was not represented by counsel and he had not been advised of his right to counsel.

On the night of September 7, 1961, Mrs. Doyan Foster retired about 8:30. She...

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