STATE v. ROBINSON

No. 57931.

337 So.2d 1168 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Gregory ROBINSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Hillman, Thibodaux, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis F. Dugas, Dist. Atty., Walker K. Naquin, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64, and sentenced to fifty years at hard labor. Upon his appeal, he relies upon two assignments of error.

Assignment No. 1 presents the most arguable issue.

The issue raised by it is whether a defense witness may be impeached for particular bias or interest, La.R.S. 15:492, through cross-examination as to whether she herself had been arrested for the crime for which the...

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