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STATE v. NELSON

No. 60411.

354 So.2d 540 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Prince NELSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick D. McArdle, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Donald T. Giglio, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the theft of a diamond ring worth $850, La.R.S. 14:67, and sentenced to serve three years and four months in parish prison. In appealing, he relies upon one assignment of error. The assignment relates to the introduction over objection of an inculpatory statement allegedly secured as the result of the use of unreasonable force.

Context Facts

At a department store, a clerk showed the defendant two...

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