STATE v. JONES

No. 53576.

285 So.2d 231 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent, v. Norman Harold JONES, Relator.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy W. Bell, Director, Office of Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


TATE, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review a trial court judgment revoking the defendant's probation of a suspended sentence. 279 So.2d 201 (La.1973). The threshold issue, which we decide favorably to the applicant, concerns whether the sentence was satisfied because the period of suspension of the sentence had been completed. La.C. Cr.P. Art. 898.

The facts show:

On July 2, 1970, the defendant was charged with...

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