STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 57713.

339 So.2d 728 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Elijah WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tilden H. Greenbaum, III, 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 S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Elijah Williams, was convicted of attempted armed robbery, in contravention of La.R.S. 14:64, as modified by La.R.S. 14:27, and sentenced to serve thirty-one years at hard labor. He appealed and filed two assignments of error.

ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 1

Assignment of Error No. 1 complains of the trial judge's failure to protect him from improper cross-examination by the prosecuting attorney.

On direct examination...

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