STATE v. GREEN, 374 So.2d 650 (La. 1979)

STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEROME GREEN.

No. 64128.Supreme Court of Louisiana.
September 4, 1979.

APPEAL FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, SECTION “D” PARISH OF ORLEANS; FRANK A. MARULLO, JUDGE.

Howat A. Peters, Jr., Robert F. Barnard, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, counsel for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Julie C. LeBlanc, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

[1] Jerome Green was charged by bill of information with aggravated burglary in violation of La.R.S. 14:60. After trial by jury, defendant was found guilty as charged. After conviction, the district attorney filed

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an information accusing defendant of previous felony convictions pursuant to La.R.S. 15:529.1
(Habitual Offender Law). After hearing, the trial judge found defendant to be an habitual offender and sentenced him to serve twenty-five years at hard labor. On appeal, defendant relies on eight assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence.

[2] We have reviewed the record and find no merit to defendant’s assignments of error. Accordingly, we affirm his conviction and sentence. [3] DECREE [4] For the reasons assigned, the conviction and sentence are affirmed.

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