STATE v. HAMILTON

No. 60630.

356 So.2d 1360 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Bernard HAMILTON, a/k/a Larry Knight.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic L. Miller, Peters, Ward & Miller, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., Stephen A. Glassell, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

Bernard Hamilton was charged by bill of information with simple burglary in violation of R.S. 14:62. He was tried by jury and convicted by a ten-two verdict on March 28, 1977. Defendant was sentenced to serve eighteen years at hard labor as a third felony offender. He appeals his conviction and sentence, relying upon five assignments of error.

Due to our finding reversible error in Assignment No. 3, we pretermit any comment on Assignments Nos...

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