TATE, Justice.
The defendant was convicted of simple burglary, La.R.S. 14:62, and sentenced to 7½ years at hard labor. The single error urged upon his appeal concerns the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of not guilty.
La.C.Cr.P. art. 778 provides: "In a jury trial the court may direct a verdict of not guilty of one or more of the offenses charged, on its own motion or on that of a defendant, after the close of the state's evidence or of all...
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