STATE v. CASTON

No. KA-2815.

477 So.2d 868 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Joseph CASTON Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael E. McMahon, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, State of Louisiana.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Prog., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Joseph Caston Jr.

Before SCHOTT, KLEES and BYRNES, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

Joseph Caston Jr. was charged by bill of information with the crime of attempted simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:27 (62.2). On May 31, 1984, he was tried before a petit jury which found him guilty as charged. Thereafter, Caston pled guilty to being a double offender and was sentenced by the court to serve twelve years at hard labor. Caston now appeals on the basis of one assignment of error.

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