STATE v. BURTON

No. 98-KA-0096.

746 So.2d 74 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Edward K. BURTON & George Simon.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Charles E.F. Heuer, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, Counsel for State/Appellee.

Yvonne Chalker, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendants/Appellants.

Court composed of Chief Judge ROBERT J. KLEES, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge MOON LANDRIEU.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

On August 20, 1997, defendants Edward Burton and George Simon were charged by bill of information with armed robbery, La. R.S. 14:64. They were arraigned on August 25, 1997, and pled not guilty. On September 17, 1997, a twelve-person jury found the defendants guilty as charged. On October 1, 1997, the trial court sentenced Simon to twenty years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Simon then filed a motion to...

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