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STATE v. JACOBS

No. 57629.

344 So.2d 659 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Billy Ray JACOBS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion April 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Smith, Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., James A. Norris, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

CALOGERO, Justice.

In May of 1975, two men broke into the home of Mary Davis in Monroe, Louisiana, beat Mrs. Davis, an elderly woman, and robbed her of twenty dollars, several items of jewelry, a radio, and a gun. None of the stolen property was ever recovered, but police arrested Charles Overton and Billy Ray Jacobs for committing the aggravated burglary, a violation of La.R.S. 14:60. The state severed the trials of the two defendants, and defendant Jacobs, whose...

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