State v. Williams

339 So.2d 728 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Elijah WILLIAMS.

No. 57713.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 13, 1976.

Tilden H. Greenbaum, III, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Elijah Williams, was convicted of attempted armed robbery, in contravention of La.R.S. 14:64, as modified by La.R.S. 14:27, and sentenced to serve thirty-one years at hard labor. He appealed and filed…