STATE v. TRIBBET

No. 81-KA-0233.

415 So.2d 182 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin TRIBBET.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied July 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Clarence McManus, Abbott J. Reeves and William "Chuck" Credo, III, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert T. Garrity, New Orleans, Joseph L. Montgomery, Metairie, Staff Appeals Counsel, 24th Judicial District Indigent Defender Board, for defendant-appellant.


BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant, Melvin Tribbet, was convicted of armed robbery, a violation of R.S. 14:64, and was sentenced to serve 18 years at hard labor. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence, raising six assignments of error, two of which have been abandoned. We find that the remaining assignments of error have no merit and affirm defendant's conviction and sentence.

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