STATE v. DRUMGO

No. 53373.

283 So.2d 463 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie DRUMGO, Jr. and Joe Curtis, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Methvin & Trimble, James T. Trimble, Jr., Alexandria, for defendant-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Robert P. Jackson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Defendant-appellants were jointly tried and convicted of attempted armed robbery. LSA-R.S. 14:64. Each was sentenced to serve twenty-five (25) years imprisonment at hard labor. Defendants have perfected this appeal from their convictions and sentences relying upon eight bills of exceptions to obtain reversals.

On October 15, 1972, Mr. Joe Hilton, Sr. was at his drugstore in Alexandria, Louisiana. Just prior to closing time, two young Negro...

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