State v. Bourgeois

hln cross applications to this Court, the state and defendant seek review of the First Circuit’s decision in State v. Bourgeois, 12-0916 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2/15/13), 113 So.3d 225, affirming defendant’s conviction and sentence for forgery in violation of La.R.S. 14:72, but reversing his conviction and sentence for filing false public records, in violation of La. R.S. 14:133, although the false public record was the same document *562subject to the forgery. The state contends the court of appeal erred in finding it did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt defendant was guilty as a principal to the…