BARRY, Judge.
The defendant was convicted of theft of $1000, R.S. 14:67, and sentenced as a multiple offender to ten years at hard labor.
The victim, Dr. Ford Turner, a visiting guest lecturer at L.S.U., testified that the defendant approached him on Bourbon St. A second person stepped up and Turner realized that the two were picking his pocket. After seeing his wallet in the defendant's hand, Turner grabbed him by the wrist. When police arrived, Turner was...
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