STATE v. BENSON

No. 63172.

368 So.2d 716 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Farrell BENSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Miguez, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank T. Salter, Jr., Dist. Atty., Adam L. Ortego, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

At approximately 2:00 p. m. on July 17, 1977, a man wearing a white cowboy hat walked into the Sulphur branch of the Calcasieu Marine National Bank, took a deposit slip from a stack made available to bank customers, and left the building. Three hours later, a hatless man entered the bank and approached the teller window manned by Mary Carrier. He handed her a brown paper bag and a note scrawled on a deposit slip which stated that he had a gun and wanted...

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