State v. Smith

367 So.2d 857 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Warren SMITH.

No. 63003.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 7, 1979.

A. J. Boudreaux, Staff Appeals Counsel, 24th Judicial Dist., Indigent Defender Bd., Kenner, for defendant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Ronald Loumiet, George Mustakas, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Defendant was charged by bill of information with a simple burglary committed on October 6, 1977. La.R.S. 14:62. On November 17, 1977, he was tried before a twelve person jury, which found…