STATE v. ALEXANDER

No. KA 5839.

504 So.2d 591 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald ALEXANDER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Terry M. Boudreaux, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for State.

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before GULOTTA and GARRISON, JJ., and PRESTON H. HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.


PRESTON H. HUFFT, Judge Pro Tem.

Defendant, convicted of purse snatching in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:65.1, urges on appeal that the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a new trial. The defendant argues that his motion for a new trial should have been granted because the special charge given by the trial court pertaining to the defendant's alleged "flight" should not have been given. We disagree and affirm the conviction.

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