State v. Benson

368 So.2d 716 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Farrell BENSON.

No. 63172.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 5, 1979.

James Miguez, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank T. Salter, Jr., Dist. Atty., Adam L. Ortego, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

At approximately 2:00 p. m. on July 17, 1977, a man wearing a white cowboy hat walked into the Sulphur branch of the Calcasieu Marine National Bank, took a deposit slip from a stack made available to bank customers, and left the building. Three hours later,…