State v. Rowan

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

We granted writs in this case solely for the purpose of reviewing a ruling of the district court ordering the State to elect and inform the defendants whether it intended to prosecute them under Subsection (1) or under Subsection (2) of Article 30 of the Louisiana Criminal Code, and if under Subsection (2), then to elect and inform the defendants whether the State would contend that both defendants were engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of simple robbery or armed robbery. 1

Defendants-respondents, William S. Rowan and Herbert Ray Mears, were charged with…