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STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred E. THOMAS.
    No. K88-1399.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
    Dec. 30, 1988.
    
      Michael J. Bonnette, Natchitoches, for applicant.
    Michael Henry, Dist. Atty., Natchitoches, for respondent.
    Before FORET, STOKER and KING, JJ.
   WRIT 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).