Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Patrick D. HENRY
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2002-01-09
Citations: 802 So. 2d 1021
Docket Number: No. 2001-KA-0333
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Patrick D. HENRY.
Judges: Court composed of Chief Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judges STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, and MIRIAM G. WALTZER.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 802
Pages: 1021–1022

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Patrick D. HENRY.
No. 2001-KA-0333.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
Jan. 9, 2002.
Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Leslie Parker Tullier, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for PlaintiffAppellee.
William R. Campbell, Jr., Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant.
Court composed of Chief Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judges STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, and MIRIAM G. WALTZER.

Opinion:
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, Judge.
On rehearing we vacate the previous decree and reverse the ruling of the trial court. When the entirety of the evidence, including inadmissible evidence which was erroneously admitted, is insufficient to support the conviction, the accused must be discharged as to that crime, and any discussion by the court of the trial error issues as to that crime would be pure dicta since those issues are moot. State v. Hearold, 603 So.2d 731, 734 (La.1992). Looking at the evidence and testimony in the instant case we find that the State did not produce sufficient evidence to sustain a conviction for attempted stalking.
For the reasons stated above the previous decree of this Court in the above captioned matter is vacated and the defendant's conviction and sentence are reversed.
PREVIOUS DECREE VACATED; REVERSED.