Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Henry A. HAYES and Ronald E. Freeman
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1972-11-28
Citations: 269 So. 2d 814
Docket Number: No. 52821
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Henry A. HAYES and Ronald E. Freeman.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 269
Pages: 814–815

Head Matter:
263 La. 920
STATE of Louisiana v. Henry A. HAYES and Ronald E. Freeman.
No. 52821.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 28, 1972.
Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Alton T. Moran, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendants, Ronald E. Freeman and Henry A. Hayes, were tried by a jury and found guilty of the crime of simple burglary, La.R.S. 14:62, for which they each received the sentence of three years in the State Penitentiary. On this appeal, the defendants rely on a single bill of exceptions taken to the trial court's overruling a motion for a directed verdict to obtain a reversal of their convictions and sentences.
We have held that our State Constitution prevents consideration of such a mo tion for a directed verdict. La.Const. Art. 19, Sec. 9; State v. Williams, 258 La. 801, 248 So.2d 295 (1971). We find no error.
The convictions and sentences are affirmed.