STATE v. MEREDITH

No. 81-KA-0214.

403 So.2d 712 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph V. MEREDITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Sturgeon, Dist. Atty., Glenn B. Gremillion, John F. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Leo Boothe of Smith, Taliaferro, Seibert, Boothe & Purvis, Jonesville, Roy S. Halcomb, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.


BLANCHE, Justice.*

Defendant, Joseph V. Meredith, was charged with simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling in violation of R.S. 14:62.2. Defendant was convicted and subsequently sentenced to three years imprisonment at hard labor. The following is a painful rendition of the facts brought forth at defendant's trial.

On October 1, 1978, Mrs. Allene Thompson returned to her Jonesville home...

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