STATE v. CORTEZ

No. 86-KA-552.

503 So.2d 76 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jimmy J. CORTEZ, a/k/a James J. Cortez.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Louise Korns of Counsel; Office of the Dist. Atty., Gretna, for plaintiff/appellee.

Daniel T. McKearan, Jr., Harahan, for defendant/appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, GAUDIN and GOTHARD, JJ.


GOTHARD, Judge.

Jimmy Cortez was convicted by a six-person jury of simple robbery in the 24th Judicial District Court and sentenced to four years at hard labor. Cortez now appeals his conviction and sentence urging these assignments of error:

(1) That the victim's identification evidence against him was not credible,

(2) That he should have been granted a new trial,

(3) That the sentence was constitutionally excessive.

Finding no merit...

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