STATE v. PETERSON

No. 15820-KA.

446 So.2d 815 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Henry PETERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Voelker, Ragland, Brackin & Crigler by Charles R. Brackin, Lake Providence, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, James D. Caldwell, Dist. Atty., Tallulah, John D. Crigler, Asst. Dist. Atty., St. Joseph, for appellee.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and SEXTON, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction in a jury trial of the offense of theft of property of a value of more than $500, and his subsequent sentence to six years at hard labor.

The defendant has filed six assignments of error which contain four issues. The first issue is presented by Assignment of Error No. 1 in which the defendant contends that his motion for a continuance was improperly denied. The next issue, involving Assignments of Error...

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