State v. Schroder

CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Joseph Schroder, was charged with, and subsequently convicted of, simple battery (LSA-R.S. 14:35) in a judge trial. Following his conviction defendant was sentenced to serve five days in parish prison. He thereafter filed an application for supervisory writs and this court granted a writ of review ordering the matter be lodged as an appeal.

On appeal defendant asserts the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict, although he failed to assign any errors in the trial court as required by LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 844. Prior to amendment of that article in 1984,…