STATE v. JOHNS

No. 57802.

339 So.2d 801 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Michael F. JOHNS and Alton Ray Lovett, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Baldwin, Shreveport, for Michael F. Johns.

John Ford McWilliams, Jr., Bossier City, for Alton Ray Lovett, William B. Lynch, Bossier City, for Michael F. Johns and Alton Ray Lovett.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Charles R. Lindsay, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendants Johns and Lovett were convicted of aggravated escape, La.R.S. 14:HOB, and each sentenced to ten years at hard labor. Upon their appeal, the defendants rely upon sixteen assignments of error, most of which question the lawfulness of the detention from which they are alleged to have escaped. They also argue the unconstitutional vagueness of the statute they are charged with violating.

The defendants are indicted for escape from...

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