State v. Lewis

Full title: STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAMUEL LEWIS

Court: Supreme Court of Louisiana

Date published: Sep 4, 1979

372 So. 2d 1192 (La. 1979)

Opinion

No. 62905.

July 5, 1979. Rehearing Denied September 4, 1979.

APPEAL FROM 29TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ST. CHARLES, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE RUCHE J. MARINO, J.

Robert R. Faucheux, Jr., Reserve, Victor E. Bradley, Jr., Norco, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Melvin Barre, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The issue of whether the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel is more properly raised by application for writ of habeas corpus. State v. Anthony, 347 So.2d 483 (La. 1977); State v. Ross, 343 So.2d 722 (La. 1977); State v. Mouton, 327 So.2d 413 (La. 1976).

Finding no reversible error based on defendant's assignments of error and the record before us on appeal, defendant's conviction and sentence are affirmed.

SUMMERS, C. J., absent.