STATE v. ROBERTS

No. 56090.

319 So.2d 317 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Stanislaus ROBERTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Caskey, James E. Williams, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank T. Salter, Jr., Dist. Atty., James L. Babin, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Richard G. Lower, an attendant of a gas station, was shot and killed during an armed robbery. Defendant Stanislaus Roberts was indicted for first degree murder. The armed robbery is alleged to have been perpetrated by defendant Roberts and one Calvin Arceneaux. After a trial by jury, Roberts was found guilty as charged and sentenced to death. Defendant appeals his conviction relying upon five assignments of error.

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