STATE v. ARBUTHNOT

No. 62058.

367 So.2d 296 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Donald ARBUTHNOT and Norman Williams, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Garretson, New Orleans, for Arbuthnot.

Bernard E. Fulghum, Jr., Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Williams.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joseph E. Roberts, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendants Arbuthnot and Williams were convicted of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64, and sentenced to 65 years and 99 years respectively at hard labor.

The defendant Williams filed seven assignments of error; we find that reversible error is presented by Assignment 4. In brief, the defendant Arbuthnot argues three assignments (not including the reversible assignment urged by Williams); however, his counsel did not formally file assignments...

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