STATE v. SHELBY

No. 55352.

308 So.2d 279 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Martin SHELBY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Zibilich, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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


DIXON, Justice.

Defendant was tried and convicted of armed robbery; he was sentenced to serve ninety-nine years at hard labor. At trial he reserved seventeen bills of exceptions, seven of which have been abandoned. The remaining ten bills were organized into five assignments of error and are discussed accordingly.

This case involves the well-publicized armed robbery of "Eddie Price's Restaurant and Lounge" in which one man was murdered and another seriously...

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