Bastrop, Tx (Nov. 14, 2008)–At the end of a three-day jury trial in 423rd District Court in Bastrop before Judge Charlotte Hinds, a home burglar was found guilty and sentenced to nine years in state prison.
Lozano Barnes refused a plea agreement with prosecutors and took his chances with a jury of his peers on a charge of breaking into a Bastrop County residence. Barnes was not eligible for probation under state laws.