STATE v. PERKINS

No. 88-KA-64.

539 So.2d 100 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana v. John PERKINS, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

February 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Harry J. Morel, Jr., and Gregory C. Champagne, 29th Judicial Dist. Parish of St. Charles, Hahnville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Phyllis M. Williams, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

John Perkins Jr. was tried before a jury in the 29th Judicial District Court and found guilty of attempted simple burglary. He was sentenced to three years at hard labor with credit for time served.

On appeal, Perkins assigned and briefed four trial court errors:

(1) the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty verdict,

(2) appellant's motion for a new trial, based on ineffective assistance of counsel, should not have...

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