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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 82-KA-2017.

442 So.2d 1141 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sammy Joe JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., William E. Tilley, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard V. Burnes, Alexandria, Mark Kramer, Leesville, for defendant-appellant.

WATSON, Justice.

Defendant, Sammy Joe Johnson, was convicted of simple arson by an eleven to one jury verdict. LSA-R.S. 14:52. He was sentenced to five years at hard labor. Defendant has appealed, arguing five of the nine assignments of error reserved in the trial court.

FACTS

While investigating the fiery destruction of equipment1 at a Boise Southern site in Vernon Parish, two deputy sheriffs encountered Sammy Joe Johnson...

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