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STATE v. SUTFIELD

No. 60520.

354 So.2d 1334 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Louis SUTFIELD and Farris Phillips.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew B. Collins, Jr., Student Practitioner, Arthur A. Lemann, III, Supervising Atty., New Orleans, Loyola Law School Clinic, for Farris Phillips, defendant-appellant.

Bernard S. Dolbear, New Orleans, for Louis Sutfield, defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William L. Brockman, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

On June 3, 1974 four men entered Harry's Pirate's Den Bar in the New Orleans French Quarter and robbed the owner at gunpoint. Subsequently, defendants Sutfield and Phillips and three other men were arrested and charged with the crime. The State entered a nolle prosequi as to two of the other men and allowed the third to plead guilty to a reduced charge in exchange for testimony against Sutfield and Phillips. Defendants Sutfield and Phillips were jointly...

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