STATE v. NICHOLS

No. 57578.

337 So.2d 1074 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dewitt O. NICHOLS and Adrion D. Nichols.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., Edward E. Roberts, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Michael Small, Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, for defendant-appellee.


MARCUS, Justice.

Dewitt O. Nichols and Adrion D. Nichols were jointly charged by bill of information with the crime of committing aggravated battery upon John Ray Martin, a Louisiana State Police Trooper, in violation of La.R.S. 14:34. The trial judge sustained the defendants' motion to quash the bill of information on the ground of former jeopardy. The state appeals from this adverse ruling.

We note, ex proprio motu, that we lack appellate jurisdiction...

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