STATE v. THOMAS

No. 56624.

319 So.2d 789 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. R. Charles THOMAS and George Thomas.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard V. Burnes, Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Walter L. Smith, Jr., L. J. Hymel, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Edwin R. Woodman, Jr., Staff Atty., William C. Pegues, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

On July 16, 1975, defendants R. Charles Thomas and George Thomas were scheduled to be tried in the Thirtieth Judicial Court in and for Vernon Parish on a charge of public payroll fraud in violation of R.S. 14:138. The offense with which they were charged purportedly occurred on July 20, 1973. The offense charged was one punishable by confinement at hard labor or confinement without hard labor for more than six months, sometimes called a relative...

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