STATE v. CITIZEN

No. 82-KA-0860.

431 So.2d 1051 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph CITIZEN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., L.K. Knapp, Jr., Dist. Atty., Robert R. Bryant and Eugene Bouquet, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Adam L. Ortego, Jr., Sulphur, for defendant-appellant.


WATSON, Justice.

Defendant, Joseph Citizen, was convicted by a jury of attempted armed robbery, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27; 14:64, and sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor. Defendant has appealed his conviction, assigning two errors by the trial court.

FACTS

Shortly after midnight, on December 1, 1980, an armed man attempted to rob Brenda Robinson, a store clerk at a 7-11 convenience store on Highway 171 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Staked...

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