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STATE v. SMITH

No. 16928-KA.

471 So.2d 829 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Dewana H. SMITH, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe D. Wray, Monroe, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, T.J. Adkins, Dist. Atty., Ruston by Joseph A. Cusimano, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Farmerville, for appellee.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and SEXTON, JJ.

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

The defendant, Dewana Smith, was found guilty by a jury, as charged, of simple escape (La.R.S. 14:110) and sentenced to jail for nine months. Upon payment of court costs, the jail sentence was to be suspended and the defendant placed on supervised probation for two years. Defendant appealed, reserving one assignment of error.

Factual Context

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