State v. Dugas

Camille Dugas was convicted in the court below on a charge of assault with intent to commit robbery on January 21, 1929, and was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in the state penitentiary for a term of not less than seven nor more than fourteen years.

Before sentence was imposed, the state, through the district attorney, filed in the lower court an information against the accused, Camille Dugas, under Act 15 of 1928, the Double Penalty Act, for the purpose of having the double penalty imposed.

It is alleged in this information that on July 8, 1926, Camille J. Dugas, alias Specks, had…