Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Earnest Mitchell LAFITTE, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-07-01
Citations: 347 So. 2d 846
Docket Number: No. 59304
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Earnest Mitchell LAFITTE, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 347
Pages: 846–846

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Earnest Mitchell LAFITTE, Jr.
No. 59304.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 1, 1977.
Frederic L. Miller, Peters, Ward & Miller, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., B. Woodrow Nesbitt, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Under the appropriate exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction, the assignments of error raised by defendant are without merit. The issue of whether or not the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel is properly raised by writ of habeas corpus. State v. Ross, 343 So.2d 722 (La.1977); State v. Mouton, 327 So.2d 413 (La.1976).
Defendant's conviction and sentence are affirmed.