State v. Schlessinger

DOUCET, Judge.

On August 31, 1986, appellant was charged by bill of information with simple burglary, a violation of La.R.S. 14:62. Appellant was found guilty as charged. Subsequently, a bill of information asserting that the appellant was a second offender under the Habitual Offender Law, La.R.S. 15:529.1, was filed at the sentencing hearing to which the appellant pled guilty. Appellant was sentenced as a second offender to twelve years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. His conviction was appealed on two assignments of error.

FACTS

On August 81, 1986, Cathy Verrett, an employee…