STATE v. GUAJARDO

No. 82-KA-0463.

428 So.2d 468 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. John Anthony GUAJARDO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard K. Knapp, Jr., Dist. Atty., Wayne Frey, Abbott J. Reeves, Eugene Bouquet, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Terry J. Manuel, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant John Anthony Guajardo was charged by bill of information with simple burglary. Defendant pleaded guilty as charged and was sentenced to eighteen months in the parish prison. Several minutes later, at defense counsel's request, the trial judge vacated the sentence for the purpose of hearing defense counsel speak in mitigation of defendant's punishment. The next day, however, the judge imposed a more severe sentence of six years at hard labor...

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