State v. Pittman

368 So.2d 705 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,

v.

Andrew Chrisman PITTMAN, Appellant.

No. 63064.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 5, 1979.

F. Smith Knobloch, Knobloch & Knobloch, Thibodaux, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis Dugas, Dist. Atty., John J. Erny, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

BLANCHE, Justice.[*]

The defendant, Andrew C. Pittman, was charged with theft of $797.00. He was found guilty by a jury on the responsive verdict of guilty of the unauthorized use of movables in the amount of $643.00; he was…