Court Opinion

ID: 9653513
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 17:48:07.498565+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:12:59.768885
License: Public Domain

LOMBARD, J.,
dissents.
| ,The State failed to present sufficient evidence to support a conviction for simple burglary. The defendant was found in the rear of the building without stolen property or burglary tools and, accordingly, even viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the record does not support a finding that the defendant entered the property and committed a felony or entered the property with the intent to commit a felony. Thus, pursuant to La.Code Crim. Proc. Art. 821(E), the verdict should be modified to the lesser included offense of unauthorized entry of a place of business in violation of La.Rev.Stat. 14:62.4.