STATE v. COTTON

No. 58196.

341 So.2d 362 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph COTTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Gremillion, Hynes & Gremillion, Baton Rouge, for defendant-respondent.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Warren J. Hebert, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.


SUMMERS, Justice.

On February 22, 1974 Joseph Cotton, Paul "Pony Cat" Smith and Reynard Bell plotted to burglarize a mobile home structure located on a used car lot at 6274 Scenic Highway in the Parish of East Baton Rouge. About six o'clock that evening Cotton and Bell approached the structure from the rear, pried a small window open and gained entrance. Smith pried the front door open and joined them.

As they were rummaging through the contents in search...

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