State v. Marchetti

HAMLIN, Justice:

The defendant, Robert James Marchetti, was charged with and convicted of the crime of armed robbery;1 he was sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. He appeals to this Court from his conviction and sentence, presenting for our consideration Bill of Exceptions No. 3, which was reserved to the trial court's overruling his motion for a new trial.

The defendant was jointly charged with Alex Carineo and Leonard Flanagan by bill of information with the crime of armed robbery. Carineo and Flanagan withdrew pleas of not guilty previously…