State v. Pierre

CALOGERO, Justice.

Defendant was charged by bill of information with violation of La.R.S. 14:64, armed robbery. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty as charged and sentenced to fifteen (IS) years at hard labor *887in the custody of the Director of the Department of Corrections.

On May 25, 1972, defendant and an unknown accomplice allegedly robbed, while armed with a dangerous weapon, one David Chissell, Chairman of Percentage of Local 1419 International Longshoreman’s Association, at the union’s hall on South Claiborne Avenue in the City of New Orleans. Testimony adduced at the trial…