State v. Davis

498 So.2d 723 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Shedrick L. DAVIS.

No. 85-K-1739.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 24, 1986.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., A. Hammond Scott, Michael McMahon, Pamela S. Moran, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.[*]

The sole issue raised by defendant as grounds for reversing his conviction of armed robbery is that he was denied his constitutional right to present a defense when the trial…