State v. Coates

273 So.2d 282 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Joe COATES.

No. 52913.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 13, 1973.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1973.

William F. Kline, Jr., Clinton, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Special Counsel to Atty. Gen., New Orleans, Leon A. Picou, Jr., Dist. Atty., W. Lee Overton, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Through habeas corpus proceedings the defendant, Joe Coates, was granted an out of time appeal from a conviction of Accessory After the Fact, La.R.S. 14:25, for which he was sentenced to serve five years in the state…