STATE v. CHARLES

No. 64507.

377 So.2d 344 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Nelson Ray CHARLES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon Joseph Jeansonne, Lake Arthur, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Patrick G. Quinlan, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff-appellee.


BLANCHE, Justice.*

Defendant, Nelson Ray Charles, was convicted of armed robbery in violation of La. R.S. 14:64. He was subsequently sentenced to forty years at hard labor.

Before this Court, defendant specified sixteen assignments of error, all of which have been argued in counsel's brief. We address in this opinion only assignments of error ten through sixteen, dealing with threats to the jury, as meriting discussion. For the...

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