STATE v. AUSTIN

No. 50524.

241 So.2d 909 (1970)

257 La. 203

STATE of Louisiana v. Billy Raymond AUSTIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Dendy, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard H. Kilbourne, Dist. Atty., Fred C. Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


HAMLIN, Justice.

Having been convicted on February 23, 1970 of the crime of simple escape as defined in LRS 14:110.2, Billy Raymond Austin was sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

The defendant is appealing from such conviction and sentence and relies on one bill of exceptions to obtain a reversal thereof. (A second bill, reserved during the impaneling of the jury, has specifically been abandoned by the defendant...

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