STATE v. GODEJOHN

No. 82-KA-0661.

425 So.2d 750 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Cecil GODEJOHN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., James L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Ted Brett Brunson, Lowther & Boone, Many, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Cecil Godejohn, pleaded guilty to simple burglary, La.R.S. 14:62, and was sentenced to three years at hard labor. He appealed and filed two assignments of error.

In his brief in this court, defendant calls our attention to the trial court's failure to perform his duty to determine that defendant expressly and knowingly waived his constitutional rights in entering his guilty plea. Article 920(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure...

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