STATE v. TUESNO

No. 81-KA-1455.

408 So.2d 1269 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ruffes J. TUESNO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Hortence M. Patterson, Jim Williams, John Craft, J. Kevin McNary, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Chris Christofferson, of Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


CHARLES A. MARVIN, Justice Ad Hoc*.

In this appeal of his conviction for armed robbery, defendant argues two assignments of error which relate to the trial court's refusal of detailed testimony by defendant and an assistant district attorney that defendant's brother, with similar facial characteristics, was being prosecuted for other armed robberies. We affirm.

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