Case Name: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Quinton BLACKSTONE v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1990-04-27
Citations: 559 So. 2d 491
Docket Number: No. 88-KH-2319
Parties: STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Quinton BLACKSTONE v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 559
Pages: 491–492

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana ex rel. Quinton BLACKSTONE v. Hilton BUTLER, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary.
No. 88-KH-2319.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 27, 1990.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Granted. The evidence was insufficient to support relator's conviction of simple escape. However, every element of the offense of attempted simple escape was established beyond a reasonable doubt.
Accordingly, the conviction and sentence for simple escape is set aside. The case is remanded to the district court with instructions to enter a judgment of guilty of attempted simple escape and to sentence rela tor accordingly. La.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 821 E.