STATE v. SONNIER

No. CR85-974.

487 So.2d 493 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Lawrence SONNIER, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard C. DeJean, Opelousas, for appellant.

Donald Richard, Asst. Dist. Atty., Opelousas, for appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and KING, JJ.


FORET, Judge.

Defendant, Lawrence Sonnier, Jr., was charged by bill of information with simple burglary, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:62. Defendant was tried before a six-member jury which found him guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced defendant to serve ten years at hard labor with the Department of Corrections, that sentence to run consecutively with another sentence he was then serving.

Defendant has appealed his conviction and sentence and urged...

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