STATE v. BROWN

No. 66120.

384 So.2d 983 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. John Edward BROWN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles B. Bice, Dist. Atty., Kermit M. Simmons, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Herman A. Castete, Sanders & Castete, Ltd., P. C., Winnfield, for defendant-appellant.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant John Edward Brown was charged by bill of information with aggravated burglary, a violation of La.R.S. 14:60. On October 24, 1977, he was tried before a twelve person jury and found guilty as charged. Thereafter the court sentenced defendant to serve twenty years at hard labor. Some eighteen months later, defendant applied for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he had been denied his right of appeal. After a hearing the trial court ordered...

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