STATE v. McKNIGHT

No. 20216-KA.

539 So.2d 952 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Mary McKNIGHT, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Newell, Indigent Defender Bd., Homer, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, John C. Blake, Dist. Atty., H. Russell Davis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Arcadia, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, LINDSAY and HIGHTOWER, JJ.


LINDSAY, Judge.

The defendant, Mary McKnight, appeals her conviction and sentence for aggravated burglary, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:60. She was sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor. For the following reasons, we affirm the defendant's conviction. However, the defendant's sentence is vacated and set aside and this case is remanded for resentencing.

FACTS

On August 28, 1987, the defendant, then a Texas resident, was visiting Ringgold, Louisiana...

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