STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 50514.

240 So.2d 712 (1970)

256 La. 934

STATE of Louisiana v. William Earnest THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gamm, Greenberg & Kaplan, Jack H. Kaplan, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Charles R. Lindsay, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


BARHAM, Justice.

On application of the State we granted certiorari to consider a ruling of the First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, which denied the State's motion for an order requiring the defendant to give handwriting exemplars to the officers of the police department.

The defendant William Earnest Thompson was arrested and charged with the theft of $378.59. In its motion for handwriting exemplars the State alleged that the defendant...

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