State v. Brown

DOUCET, Judge.

The defendant, Paul S. Brown, Jr., was charged by bill of information with the crime of simple burglary, a violation of La.R.S. 14:62. On September 29, 1988, a jury of six unanimously found the defendant guilty as charged. The defendant was, thereafter, sentenced by the trial judge to twelve years at hard labor. The *829defendant is appealing his conviction based on two assignments of error.

FACTS

On September 3, 1986, Ken Corumia contacted the Acadia Parish Sheriffs Office because the defendant had approached him about assisting in a jewelry burglary in Kinder, Louisiana.1 The…