STATE v. NELSON

No. 85-KA-727.

487 So.2d 695 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Byron NELSON and Keith Brown.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. McKearan, Jr., Harahan, for defendant-appellant Keith T. Brown.

John H. Craft, Staff Appellate Counsel— Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for defendant-appellant Byron Nelson.

Dorothy A. Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gretna, for State.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and GRISBAUM, JJ.


BOWES, Judge.

Defendants-appellants, Byron Nelson and Keith Brown, were charged by a bill of information, on January 4, 1985, with simple burglary (a violation of La.R.S. 14:62). The case was tried to a six-person jury on March 18 and 19, 1985, at the close of which both defendants were found guilty as charged. Thereafter, a presentence investigation report was ordered.

On June 19, 1985, defendant Brown was sentenced to seven years at hard labor. Defendant...

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