STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 81-KA-1981.

411 So.2d 439 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Victor Ortiz, Louise Korns, J. Kevin McNary, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Donice Alverson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


CALOGERO, Justice*

In this appeal from a conviction of the crime of simple robbery, we entertain defendant's protest that his taking the dropped purse of a woman who fought him as he beat and attempted to rob the woman's female companion was not "theft ... by use of force or intimidation" as required by La.R.S. 14:65.

Defendant Alvin Johnson was tried before a six person jury and found guilty as charged of simple robbery...

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