Legal Opinion
State v. Benton
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 20, 2007No. 42,121-KAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
960 So.2d 1192 (2007)
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,
v.
Tommie A. BENTON, Appellant.
No. 42,121-KA.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
June 20, 2007.
Louisiana Appellate Project by Carey J. Ellis, III, for Appellant.
Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Shirley M. Wilson Davis, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.
Before CARAWAY, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.
MOORE, J.
Tommie Benton was charged by bill of information with simple burglary, La. R.S. 14:62. After a jury found him guilty as charged, the district court adjudicated him a second felony offender and sentenced him to six years at hard…
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