Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred E. THOMAS
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-12-30
Citations: 538 So. 2d 1021
Docket Number: No. K88-1399
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred E. THOMAS.
Judges: Before FORET, STOKER and KING, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 538
Pages: 1021–1022

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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).