STATE v. BATES

No. 80-KA-2298.

397 So.2d 1331 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jerry L. BATES and James L. Washington.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied May 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Sonia D. Peters & Jim McMichaels, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jeanette G. Garrett, John T. Cox, Leon Emanuel, Howard M. Fish, Shreveport, Office of Public Defender, for defendants-appellants.


BARRY, Justice Ad Hoc.*

Defendants Jerry L. Bates and James L. Washington were charged and found guilty of simple burglary, a violation of La.R.S. 14:62; Bates was sentenced to six years and Washington to eleven years at hard labor. A third defendant, James Douglas, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three and one-half years at hard labor and testified for the State. On this appeal Bates presents five assignments of error and Washington...

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