STATE v. SIMMS

No. 81-KA-0346.

410 So.2d 1040 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph SIMMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert Garrity and Joseph L. Montgomery, of Indigent Defender Program, Metairie, for defendant-appellant.


BLANCHE, Justice.*

Defendant, Joseph Simms, was charged by bill of information with two counts of armed robbery. The counts were severed and after a jury trial on count two of the indictment, defendant was found guilty as charged by a jury vote of 10-2. Defendant filed a motion for a new trial alleging the existence of newly discovered evidence, however, this motion was denied by the trial court and defendant was sentenced to ten years...

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