STATE v. COTTON

No. 29101-KA.

687 So.2d 1074 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Carlin COTTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robertson & Wheeler by K. Douglas Wheeler, Monroe, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, L. Douglas Lawrence, Charles Brumfield, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before NORRIS, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.


PEATROSS, Judge.

A six-person jury convicted the defendant, Carlin Cotton, of one count of simple burglary of the Bastrop office of Dr. Michael Orlando. After reviewing the pre-sentence investigation report, the trial court sentenced the defendant to 12 years at hard labor. The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

On August 8, 1995, around 4:30 p.m., the defendant entered through the back door the office building of Dr...

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