PER CURIAM.
Defendant William Burton was charged with armed robbery and aggravated burglary subsequent to a Caddo Parish home invasion committed on March 19, 1979. The case was tried before a jury in February 1980, but the defendant fled during the course of the trial. The jury convicted Burton of both offenses in absentia.
Burton was a fugitive for 30 years; the next entry in the appellate record is in 2010. In December 2010, the trial court sentenced...
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