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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. KA 3173.

482 So.2d 146 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Frank JOHNSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 15, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., and Marie M. Lazarte, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before GARRISON, CIACCIO and WILLIAMS, JJ.

CIACCIO, Judge.

A jury found defendant guilty as charged of simple escape. The court sentenced defendant to serve one year in the parish prison. On appeal defendant relies on three assignments of error.1 We find that the trial court did commit reversible error. We, therefore, reverse defendant's conviction and sentence, and remand the matter for retrial.

Defendant first complains about being handcuffed and shackled during trial...

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