STATE v. BLATCHER

No. KA 1154.

452 So.2d 787 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. David BLATCHER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joanne C. Marier, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for the State.

Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and AUGUSTINE and WILLIAMS, JJ.


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals the overruling of his objection to the district court's jurisdiction and his 20-year sentence on a guilty plea to aggravated burglary.

The jurisdictional plea—based on defendant's age of 16 years at the time of the offense—is fully answered in State v. Perique, 439 So.2d 1060 (La.1983).

The 20-year sentence is not excessive. Defendant burglarized a church...

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