State v. Conley

BARRY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of attempted simple burglary, La.R.S. 14:62, 14:27, and sentenced as a multiple offender to twelve years at hard labor.

Mary Kalil testified that on January 19, 1986 around 11:45 p.m. she was in bed when she heard a loud noise in the backyard. It sounded like a bang, “like something ... hitting something else.” She went to the window and saw a man by the storage shed. The door of the shed faced the back of the house and a flood light lit up the backyard.

She identified the defendant as the man at the door who was inserting a large metal object into a…