Legal Opinion
State v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 9, 1978No. 61869PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
363 So.2d 458 (1978)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Alphonse JOHNSON.
No. 61869.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 9, 1978.
R. Judge Eames, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Marilyn C. Castle, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
SANDERS, Chief Justice.
The State charged the defendant, Alphonse Johnson, with armed robbery, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64. In January of 1970, a jury found him guilty. While awaiting sentence, the defendant escaped. In August, the State located him in Michigan, where he…
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