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STATE v. WATKINS

Nos. 80-K-2380, 81-K-0137.

399 So.2d 153 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Bennie WATKINS. STATE of Louisiana v. Benny J. MATTHEWS and Thomas Sutton, Material Witness.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Brooks, Public Defender, Amite, for defendant-relator in No. 80-K-2380.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duncan Kemp, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Bobby Stromile, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiffs-respondents in No. 80-K-2380.

S. Patrick Phillips, Chief Asst. Indigent Defender, for defendant-relator, in No. 81-K-0137.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Dist. Atty., James M. Bullers, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiffs-respondents in No. 81-K-0137.

GULOTTA, Justice ad hoc*.

In these consolidated cases, we are confronted with the sole issue whether a defendant who is ordered released forthwith because of a violation of the seventy-two-hour requirement of LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 230.11 can thereafter be rearrested and required to post bond on the same charges. After their initial arrests, these defendants were not brought before a judge by local law enforcement...

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