STATE v. SIMMONS

No. 82-KA-0588.

443 So.2d 512 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. William Jackson SIMMONS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Nancy F. Gilliland, Bruce Whitaker, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Albert W. Block, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Defendant, William Jackson Simmons, was charged by amended bill of information1 filed July 29, 1981 with three counts of simple arson with damage amounting to more than $500 in violation of R.S. 14:522 and one count of aggravated arson under R.S. 14:51. On May 20, 1981 a hearing was held on defendant's motion to suppress his confessions. The trial judge overruled the motion, finding that...

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