STATE v. TASSIN

No. KA 2008-367.

997 So.2d 750 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin TASSIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Harson, District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee: State of Louisiana.

Annette Fuller Roach, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant: Melvin Tassin.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.


EZELL, Judge.

The Defendant, Melvin Tassin, was charged by bill of information on October 26, 2006, with the offense of simple burglary, in violation of La.R.S. 14:62. At the conclusion of a bench trial on September 13, 2007, the Defendant was convicted of the offense charged. Thereafter, on January 14, 2008, the Defendant was sentenced to eight years at hard labor.

The Defendant is now before this court on appeal, alleging one assignment of error: The evidence...

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