State v. Rico

741 So.2d 774 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

Burt RICO, Defendant-Appellant.

No. CR99-158.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 2, 1999.

Writ Denied December 10, 1999.

Jerold Edward Knoll, Marksville, Norris J. Greenhouse, Asst. Dist. Atty., for State of La.

Thomas A. Nelson, New Roads, for Burt Rico.

BEFORE: THIBODEAUX, COOKS, and PICKETT, Judges.

THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Defendant, Burt Rico, appeals a jury conviction for stalking, La.R.S. 14:40.2, on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence to sustain a guilty verdict. Because we conclude that the State failed to prove a…