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STATE v. TOMBERLIN

No. KA-2466.

471 So.2d 294 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Fred L. TOMBERLIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 5, 1985.

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, Julia S. Coley, Asst. Dist. Attys., New Orleans, for appellee.

Dwight Doskey & Philip Johnson, New Orleans, for defendant.

Orleans Indigent Defender Pro. New Orleans, for appellant.

Before CIACCIO and BYRNES, JJ., and PRESTON H. HUFFT, J. Pro Tem.

BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant, Fred Tomberlin was convicted of simple burglary, a violation of R.S. 14:62, and sentenced to twelve years in Parish Prison.

At trial, Tomberlin admitted that he had entered the offices of Pelican Ice Company without permission, and was attempting to open the safe with a hacksaw when the police apprehended him. Tomberlin further testified that he was admitting the crime in the hope of avoiding...

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