STATE v. LAWRENCE

No. 54170.

294 So.2d 476 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Chester Abert LAWRENCE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip L. Kitchen, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Harry F. Connick, Dist. Attys., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


MARCUS, Justice.

Chester Albert Lawrence was charged in a bill of information with violation of R.S. 14:64 in that he robbed Helen Hayward on August 11, 1972 of cigarettes and a lighter valued at $4.45 while armed with a knife. He was tried by jury, found guilty and sentenced to serve eighteen years at hard labor.1

Although defendant reserved six bills of exceptions at trial, two of these...

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