STATE v. SMITH

No. 63179.

369 So.2d 1300 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Laura Lynette SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton T. Moran, Allen J. Bergeron, Jr., Baton Rouge, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of theft of over five hundred dollars, La.R.S. 14:67, and sentenced to three years imprisonment at hard labor. On her appeal, the defendant argues four assignments of error.

Assignment No. 8 presents the most arguable issue. It concerns the sustaining of a state objection to a question of a defense witness. The question was designed to impeach a state witness, by proof of a prior statement he had made which was contradictory...

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