STATE v. SCOTT

No. 56220.

320 So.2d 538 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Edward J. SCOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy Johnson, Bernard S. Dolbear, 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.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant Scott was convicted of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64, and sentenced as a multiple offender, La.R.S. 15:529.1, to serve one hundred years at hard labor. His appeal presents eight assignments of error. Despite ingenious presentation by his counsel, these assignments present to substantial issue for reversal.

Context Facts:

Two armed robbers invaded a doctor's office in mid-afternoon. Eight people—a doctor, some...

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