STATE v. CHASE

No. 57056.

327 So.2d 391 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph Leon CHASE, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Woodward, Clinton, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon A. Picou, Jr., Dist. Atty., Cynthia P. Branton, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

The grand jury of West Feliciana Parish returned an indictment on January 25, 1974 charging that Joseph Leon Chase, while armed with a dangerous weapon, robbed Mrs. Bertha Harrell on April 21, 1973 in violation of Article 64 of the Criminal Code (La.R.S. 14:64). He was tried on June 17, 1974; the jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for 99 years.

Five assignments of error are contained in the record and are relied...

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