State v. Smith

The defendant, Earton Lynn Smith, was convicted of aggravated burglary arising from an incident that occurred in July 2006 and sentenced to 30 years at hard labor. The state then filed a habitual offender bill of information against the defendant, asserting that he had two prior felony convictions. Following a hearing, the defendant was adjudicated a third-felony offender. Thereafter, his original sentence was vacated, and he was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence without the benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. The defendant appeals. We affirm the defendant’s…