State v. Greene

LThe state charged defendant by bill of information with theft in an amount over $500 in violation of La.R.S. 14:67. After defendant waived trial by jury, the trial court found him guilty of the lesser included offense of unauthorized use of a movable, La.R.S. 14:68. The trial court sentenced defendant to five years’ imprisonment at hard labor, the maximum term for the offense. On appeal, the Fourth Circuit reversed defendant’s conviction and sentence on grounds that in a dispute arising from a contract to repair and renovate a home in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, the state failed…