STATE v. BENTON

No. 42,121-KA.

960 So.2d 1192 (2007)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Tommie A. BENTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Carey J. Ellis, III, for Appellant.

Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Shirley M. Wilson Davis, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before CARAWAY, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.


MOORE, J.

Tommie Benton was charged by bill of information with simple burglary, La. R.S. 14:62. After a jury found him guilty as charged, the district court adjudicated him a second felony offender and sentenced him to six years at hard labor. Benton now appeals, urging insufficiency of the evidence to convict and irregularities in the jury selection process. For the reasons expressed, we affirm.

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