Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene DAVIS, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1989-04-07
Citations: 541 So. 2d 831
Docket Number: No. 88-K-3138
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene DAVIS, Jr.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 541
Pages: 831–831

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Eugene DAVIS, Jr.
No. 88-K-3138.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 7, 1989.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff(s); Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number KA-6854; Parish of Orleans Criminal District Court Div. "B" Number 306-272.
Prior Report: La.App., 535 So.2d 34.
Granted. The case is remanded to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal for reconsideration in light of the entire jury charge given by the trial court. If the trial court properly instructed the jurors that the state had the burden of proving every essential element of the offense beyond a reasonable doubt, In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90 S.Ct. 1068, 25 L.Ed.2d 368 (1970); La.C.Cr.P. art. 804, the court of appeal should consider whether the facts necessarily found by the jury in its verdict satisfy the due process standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), see, State v. Captville, 448 So.2d 676 (La.1984), and whether any ambiguity in the trial court's charge on circumstantial evidence was harmless error. See, Pope v. Illinois, 481 U.S. 497, 107 S.Ct. 1918, 95 L.Ed.2d 439 (1987); Hose v. Clark, 478 U.S. 570, 106 S.Ct. 3101, 92 L.Ed.2d 460 (1986).