STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. KA-1299.

450 So.2d 701 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin MATTHEWS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joanne C. Marier, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before KLEES, CIACCIO and LOBRANO, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

Alvin Matthews was charged by bill of information with the intentionally cruel treatment of a juvenile, a violation of La. R.S. 14:93. Following the denial of a motion to suppress inculpatory statements (which, in any event, were not introduced at trial), the defendant elected to be tried by a jury. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Defendant was sentenced to serve eight years in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections...

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