STATE v. EVANS

No. KA-6978.

514 So.2d 588 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana, v. Reuben EVANS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied January 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., William B. Faust, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Rockne L. Moseley, Joseph H. McCusker, III, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Sherry Watters, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of armed robbery. La.R.S. 14:64. According to the docketmaster and minute entry he was sentenced to five years in Orleans Parish Prison without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. He appeals assigning as error the trial court denial of his motion for a continuance forcing him to trial without adequate time to prepare or secure witnesses.

On July 25, 1986 the defendant noted an oral objection to...

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