STATE v. BRUINS

Nos. 81-KA-1065, 81-K-1100.

407 So.2d 685 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie BRUINS. (Two Cases)

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edwin O. Ware, Dist. Atty., R. Greg Fowler, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Henry H. Lemoine, Jr., of Lemoine & Saucier, Pineville, for defendant-appellant.


WATSON, Justice.

Two issues are presented in these consolidated matters:

(1) Did defendant, Willie Bruins, intend to commit armed robbery; and

(2) Should his sentence as an habitual offender be without parole, probation or suspension of sentence, the conditions which would have been imposed on a sentence for the underlying offense of armed robbery?

Willie Bruins' motion for a directed verdict was denied and a jury found him guilty of armed...

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