State v. Ferguson

307 So.2d 361 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Huey FERGUSON, Jr., Appellant.

No. 55241.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 20, 1975.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1975.

Taylor W. O'Hearn, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Charles R. Lindsay, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of armed robbery, La.R.S. 14:64, and sentenced to sixteen years at hard labor. On his appeal his single assignment of error concerns the denial of his motion for a new trial.

The motion…