State v. Marshall

Robert Marshall was charged by bill of information with simple burglary, in violation of La.R.S. 14:62. On November 2, 1981, he entered a plea of guilty as charged. Thereafter, the trial court sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment at hard labor. Defendant has now appealed his conviction and sentence to this Court, relying on a single assignment of error.

We have considered defendant’s claim that the sentence imposed by the trial court is excessive and find that it lacks merit. Nevertheless, we note that defendant is on probation for a prior forgery conviction and that the trial court in…