State v. Jackson

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

The defendant Eddie Jackson was convicted as charged for the crime of armed robbery denounced by R.S. 14:64 and was sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary as a third offender. He has appealed.

Odeal Matthews and Willie Dabney were held up and robbed at gunpoint on a street in New Orleans at 2:00 o’clock in the morning. While the crime was being committed, two special-duty policemen intervened. The two robbers fled, one escaped, and the defendant Eddie Jackson was chased into a deadend alley and there arrested. On his person was found money of the denominations taken from…