STATE v. JOHNSON

No. KA-2834.

482 So.2d 131 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Frank JOHNSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Judith Brewster, Asst. Dist. Atty., Julia S. Cole, Asst. Dist. Atty., Sherry T. Cochrane, Law Clerk, New Orleans, for appellee.

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

Before WARD and BYRNES, JJ., and HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.


BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant, Frank Johnson, was convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms, a violation of R.S. 14:95.1. He filed a pro se supplemental brief stating two assignments of error. We find the second to have merit, and on that basis we reverse his conviction.

Defendant contends that under C.Cr.P. Art. 793 the jury should not have been allowed access to written evidence while they were deliberating. The written evidence in this case...

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