STATE v. BAUDOIN

No. 57445.

334 So.2d 186 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin BAUDOIN and Errol Falcon.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. O'Neill, Zwolle, Gordon Hackman, Boutte, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James L. Davis, Dist. Atty., E. L. Edwards, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The State charged the defendants, Melvin Baudoin and Errol Falcon, by bill of information filed in March of 1975 with theft of an outboard motor in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:67. On May 22, 1975, the defendants pleaded guilty, and on September 2, 1975, the judge sentenced each of them to six years imprisonment at hard labor.

Subsequently, the defendants applied for a writ of habeas corpus to this Court, which we granted on November 14...

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