Legal Opinion

State v. Thacker

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 24, 2014No. 2014-KO-0418PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Per curiam

| TWrit granted. Defendant was convicted of two counts of sexual battery, attempted aggravated rape, six counts of aggravated incest, and obstruction of justice. On appeal, he contended that there was insufficient evidence to support the convictions for the sex offenses because the victims’'testimony was inconsistent and uncorroborated by physical evidence. The court of appeal affirmed the convictions because it determined that the evidence sufficed under the standard of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 320, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 2788-89, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979).

In reviewing defendant’s claim that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. RaymoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  3. State v. ThackerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. ThackerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  2. State v. GaytonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
  3. State v. SpruellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2019
  4. State v. ThackerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  5. State ex rel. J.D.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2014

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