State v. White

404 So.2d 1202 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Carl WHITE.

No. 81-KA-0197.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 28, 1981.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, David Paddison, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jasper Pharr, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

This appeal presents two principal issues: (1) whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the defendant's conviction of felony theft and (2) whether errors normally considered "patent on the face of the record" require reversal without a…