STATE v. HOLDEN

No. 64265.

375 So.2d 1372 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Louis C. HOLDEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Lawrence, 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., Robert T. Myers, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was charged with and convicted of the theft of merchandise valued at $131.90, in violation of La.R.S. 14:67, a felony punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labor for two years. Upon his conviction, he was charged under La.R.S. 15:529.1 as a multiple offender; upon conviction as a fourth offender, he was sentenced to thirty years imprisonment at hard labor.

The defendant presents eight assignments of error for our review...

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