State v. Holmes

McCALEB, Justice.

Appellant was charged, tried and convicted of simple burglary and sentenced to serve three years at hard labor in the State penitentiary. On appeal to this court, his conviction was reversed and a new trial ordered on the ground that the trial judge erred in not requiring the State to inform him whether it was contending that he entered the structure with the intention of committing a forcible felony or a theft, as requested by him in an application .for a bill of particulars. See State v. Holmes, 223 La. 397, 65 So.2d 890.

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