STATE v. BUTLER

No. 62502.

368 So.2d 697 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Freddie BUTLER and James Batiste.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank De Salvo, Robert Barnard, New Orleans, Orleans Indigent Defender Program for James Batiste.

Archie C. Tatford, Jr., New Orleans, for Freddie Butler.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Lindsay A. Larson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


PER CURIAM.*

Defendants Freddie Butler and James Batiste were charged by bill of information with armed robbery in violation of R.S. 14:64. Before trial, the state's motion to sever was granted and defendants were tried separately. Both Butler and Batiste were found guilty as charged and were sentenced under R.S. 15:529.1 as multiple offenders to serve 198 years at hard labor. Although defendants were tried separately, for purposes of...

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