STATE v. BENTLEY

No. 18,472-KW.

499 So.2d 581 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent, v. Charles L. BENTLEY, Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1987.

Writ Denied March 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Foret and Capitelli, Bencomo & Wicker by Christopher Brizzolara, New Orleans, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, James A. Norris, Jr., Dist. Atty., Joseph T. Mickel, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for respondent.

Before MARVIN and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ., and CULPEPPER, J. Ad Hoc.


MARVIN, Judge.

We granted writs to review the trial court's denial of applicant's motion to quash an indictment that charged him with 305 counts of felony theft.

The basis for the motion to quash is that 2½ years before the indictment, the applicant agreed to plead guilty to federal charges arising out of the same thefts under a federal plea bargain that he would not be prosecuted in state court.

The trial court concluded that the evidence taken...

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