Legal Opinion

State v. Fontenot

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 31, 1996No. 95-K-2920PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

liPER CURIAM *.

Defendant was convicted on five counts of felony theft. On appeal, the court affirmed *272the convictions on the basis that defendant’s exculpatory account of how he acquired the stolen property he resold to various persons was impeached generally by his two prior felony convictions and specifically by discrepancies in the receipts purporting to show his innocent purchase of one stolen lawnmower and four stolen all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). 95-459, p. 506 (La.App. 3d Cir. 11/2/95); 664 So.2d 523, 526-27. This court granted certiorari to review the sufficiency of the evidence.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. CaptvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  2. State v. FontenotLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1995

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. MarcantelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
  2. State v. FelixLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005
  3. State v. BallLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  4. State of Louisiana v. Eric HarrisonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
  5. State of Louisiana v. Paul Junius FelixLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API