State ex rel. Lazard v. State

li JOHNSON, J.,

would grant defendant’s writ application for the following reasons.

In this matter, a jury found defendant guilty as charged of attempted simple robbery. The underlying facts are that Mr. Lazard and two other individuals attempted to steal a radio from a man waiting at a bus stop. Mr. Lazard was sentenced to three years at hard labor, suspended and placed on five years active probation conditioned upon his obtaining mental treatment and completing his college education. La.C.Cr.P. art 893.1 Upon Mr. Lazard’s appeal, the fourth circuit reversed the conviction, finding that Mr.…