Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. David Wayne GREEN
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1993-01-15
Citations: 610 So. 2d 808
Docket Number: No. 92-K-2577
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. David Wayne GREEN.
Judges: WATSON, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 610
Pages: 808–808

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. David Wayne GREEN.
No. 92-K-2577.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 15, 1993.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff(s); applying for writ of certiorari and/or review; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 23935-KA; Parish of Webster, 26th Judicial District Court, Div. "E", No. 54981.
Granted. While the better practice is to amend any indictment or information in writing, no formal amendment of the instant information was required because the crime to which the defendant pleaded guilty, simple burglary, is a lesser and included offense of the crime charged in the original bill of information, simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling. State v. Green 263 La. 837; 269 So.2d 460 (1972); State v. Hoffman, 345 So.2d 1 (La.1977); State v. Hardan, 501 So.2d 848 (La.App. 5th Cir.1987). Accordingly, the decision of the circuit court is reversed and the case is remanded to that court for consideration of the merits of the defendant's appeal.
WATSON, J., not on panel.