STATE v. PEARSON

No. 82-KA-0197.

425 So.2d 704 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Floyd Lee PEARSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Carey T. Schimpf, Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Timothy R. Fischer, Indigent Defender Office, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.


WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III, Justice Pro Tem.*

Defendant, Floyd Lee Pearson, was charged by bill of information with purse snatching in violation of La.R.S. 14:65.1. The facts of the case are as follows.

On September 29, 1980, Jeanette Butcher, a 62 year old resident of Shreveport, was walking across the parking lot of Kroger's Super Market on Jewella St. when the defendant grabbed her purse and starting running. Mrs. Butcher was dragged...

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