State v. Tolliver

|, GAUDIN, Judge.

Ms. Clarita Tolliver was convicted of first degree robbery in Jefferson Parish, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:64.1, and sentenced to 30 years at hard labor without probation, parole or suspension of sentence. She and a male companion, according to trial testimony, robbed taxicab driver James McCann. On appeal, Tolliver specified three district court errors:(1) that neither she nor her companion led McCann to reasonably believe that either she or her companion was armed with a dangerous weapon, as required by the statute;(2) that the trial judge erred in allowing the prosecuting…