State v. Bryant

hi respectfully dissent from the majority opinion, which reverses the Court of Appeal and reinstates the Trial Court’s conviction of Jerome Bryant, Jr., for aggravated burglary. In my view, the prosecution has not met its burden of proving “beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the offense.” Clark v. Arizona, 548 U.S. 735, 766, 126 S.Ct. 2709, 2729, 165 L.Ed.2d 842 (2006).

A necessary element of aggravated burglary is “the unauthorized entering of any inhabited dwelling.” La.Rev.Stat. § 14:60. At issue in the case sub judice is whether the State presented sufficient evidence, proving…