State v. Barnes

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Billy Joe Barnes, having been charged by indictment and convicted of theft in violation of L.R.S. 14:67,1 pros*105ecutes this appeal relying upon numerous errors 2 allegedly committed during the trial for reversal thereof.

Contending that inasmuch as the indictment follows the short form provided for under L.R.S. 15:2353 in that it simply alleges that the defendant “committed a theft of eighteen hundred dollars * * *, property of Honest John’s Inc., the defendant urges that the indictment fails to state every fact and circumstance necessary to constitute the…