STATE v. BLACK

No. KA-4840.

508 So.2d 924 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Donald W. BLACK.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

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 appellee.

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


BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant, Donald Black, was charged with simple burglary, a violation of R.S. 14:62, and was convicted of attempted simple burglary. He was subsequently adjudged a third offender and sentenced to serve 8 years at hard labor without diminution of sentence for "good time". By this appeal, Black asserts that the trial court erred in ordering him to serve his sentence without the benefit of "good time". We disagree and affirm.

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