STATE v. FORREST

No. 97-KA-0027.

701 So.2d 706 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene FORREST.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Theresa A. Tamburo, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Sherry Watters, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Defendant/Appellant.

Before LOBRANO, ARMSTRONG and JONES, JJ.


JONES, Judge.

Eugene Forrest was charged by bill of information with two counts of purse snatching, and one count of simple robbery. He filed a pro se Motion to Quash based on La.C.Cr.P. art. 578(2), the statutory prohibition of commencement of trial after two years from institution of prosecution. (The motion was not denied prior to trial, and only after this Court ordered the trial court to respond to the issue was the motion denied on May 2, 1997). A six-member...

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