STATE v. SKIPPER

No. 66655.

387 So.2d 592 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Timothy P. SKIPPER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Philip J. Boudousque, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Indigent Defender Program, Jack Quarles, Gretna, Dalton, Gillen & Roniger, Sam Dalton, Jefferson, Ralph S. Whalen, Jr., Walter J. Rothschild, Oestriecher & Whalen, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


BLANCHE, Justice.

The defendant, Timothy Skipper, was charged by bill of information with two counts of cruelty to a juvenile in violation of La. R.S. 14:93. Subsequent to defendant's waiver of trial by jury, the trial judge found defendant guilty as charged and sentenced defendant to five years at hard labor and fined him $1,000 plus court costs. The defense now appeals on the basis of six assignments of error.

On January 20, 1979, Virginia Skipper brought...

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