¶1WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY: The conviction and sentence of relator for illegal possession of stolen things is reversed and set aside. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution a rational trier of fact could not find every essential element of the crime proven beyond a reasonable doubt or that every reasonable hypothesis of innocence had been excluded. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); State v. Byrd, 385 So.2d 248 (La.1980); State v. Mussall, 523 So.2d 1305 (La.1988); State v. Ennis, 414 So.2d 661 (La.1982).
538 So. 2d 1021
State v. Thomas
Decided December 30, 1988
Louisiana Court of Appeal · decided 1988-12-30
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently March 1991
1 state decisions
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 523 So. 2d 1305 - State v. Mussall · 385 So. 2d 248 - State v. Byrd
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Decided 1988-12-30
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