STATE v. HIGGINBOTHAM

No. 51403.

261 So.2d 638 (1972)

261 La. 983

STATE of Louisiana v. Howard Lee HIGGINBOTHAM.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Blaylock, Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Gilbert T. Brown, Jr., John R. Harrison, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.


SUMMERS, Justice.

Appellant Howard Lee Higginbotham was charged by bill of information in that, contrary to Article 62 of the Criminal Code, he committed simple burglary of a building in the city of Monroe belonging to New York Hardware Company, a partnership composed of Herschel A. Gentry, Sr. and Herschel A. Gentry, Jr.

Appellant entered a plea of not guilty, he was tried by a jury, convicted and sentenced to 9 years in the State Penitentiary, with credit...

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