STATE v. MORTON

No. 17480-KA.

483 So.2d 174 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Jesse Ray MORTON, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Carter, Jr., Asst. Indigent Defender by Richard E. Hiller, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Richard Carney, John A. Broadwell, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before JASPER E. JONES, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and NORRIS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

The defendant, Jesse Ray Morton, Jr., was charged with purse snatching in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:65.1.1 He was tried and found guilty by a six member jury. He was adjudicated a second felony offender and sentenced to eight years at hard labor. Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence contending the trial judge erred in denying his motion for continuance filed on the day of trial, in denying his motion for a mistrial...

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