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STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. KA 8704.

532 So.2d 843 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Burke F. WILLIAMS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Darryl W. Bubrig, Sr., Dist. Atty., 25th Judicial Dist., Pointe-A-La-Hache, Gilbert V. Andry, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Chester A. Eggleston, Indigent Defender Bd., Burke F. Williams, Port Sulphur, for defendant.

Before GARRISON, BARRY and ARMSTRONG, JJ.

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

The defendant, Burke F. Williams, was charged with simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling. After a trial, a twelve-member jury found him guilty of the unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. He was sentenced to serve six years at hard labor, the maximum sentence available for this crime.

The record reflects that at approximately 5:00 p.m. on January 24, 1986, Robert Seale returned to his house in Braithwaite to find the back door open...

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