STATE v. TERRY

No. 61288.

359 So.2d 172 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Dennis TERRY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey J. Ellis, Jr., Ellis & Ellis, Rayville, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Don K. Carroll, Dist. Atty., William R. Coenen, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Dennis Terry, was convicted of simple burglary, La.R.S. 14:62, and sentenced to six years at hard labor. On appeal he relies upon one assignment of error which was taken when the trial court denied his motion for a continuance filed on the day of the trial.

Defendant was charged with the burglary of a Western Auto Store in Rayville. He was extradited from the state of California and arrived in Richland Parish on June 15, 1977. Immediately...

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