1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. So.2d
  4. 379 So.2d
  5. 379 So.2d 1072 (1980)
 

STATE v. NELSON

No. 65182.

379 So.2d 1072 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Vernell J. NELSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Barnard, New Orleans, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Vernell Nelson, was convicted of two counts of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64. On the basis of these convictions and evidence of a 1977 theft conviction he was declared to be a multiple offender; consequently, he was sentenced to serve fifty years' imprisonment at hard labor on each armed robbery conviction.

The defendant designates one error in his assignments of error and requests that...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases