STATE v. BRASHEARS

No. 56461.

321 So.2d 330 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Herman BRASHEARS, a/k/a Louis Brashears.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry F. Viosca, 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.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

Defendant, represented by appointed counsel, was convicted of committing aggravated battery, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:34. He was subsequently charged as a double offender and sentenced to serve twenty years in the custody of the Director of the Department of Corrections. On appeal, defendant relies upon a single specification of error for reversal of his sentencing as a multiple offender.

Defendant alleges that during the hearing...

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