State v. Wagner

410 So.2d 1089 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Vernon WAGNER.

No. 81-K-1886.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 1, 1982.

Milton Masinter, Dwight Doskey, Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, John H. Craft, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.

CALOGERO, Justice.

The trial judge, who six weeks earlier had placed defendant on active probation for two years after suspending a six month prison sentence imposed when defendant pled guilty to simple battery, conducted a "status…