STATE v. JONES

No. KA 1290.

452 So.2d 788 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Nathaniel JONES.

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., Beryl M. McSmith, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for the State.

Dwight Doskey, Numa V. Bertel, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant.

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


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

Defendant's appeal argues only the excessiveness of his 24-year maximum sentence, asserting that he is not among the worst offenders, State v. Oubichon, 422 So.2d 1140 (La.1982).

The present offense, simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, R.S. 14:62.2, was committed while the householder was away. The state billed defendant as a second offender, reciting only a 1980 conviction for simple burglary...

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