STATE v. JONES

No. 81-KA-1607.

408 So.2d 1285 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana, v. Leroy E. JONES and Wilhemina Joseph.

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., Tom Chester, David Paddison, Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

John M. Lawrence, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, Frank G. DeSalvo, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Justice Ad Hoc.*

Leroy E. Jones and Wilhemina Joseph were jointly indicted on two counts of aggravated kidnapping (La.R.S. 14:44), two counts of armed robbery (La.R.S. 14:64), and one count of aggravated rape (La.R.S. 14:42). Joseph was also charged with one count of aggravated crime against nature (La.R.S. 14:89.1).

The state severed some of the counts and proceeded to jointly try the defendants before a jury...

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