Legal Opinion
State v. Craig
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 18, 1999No. 32,209-KAPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
[.BROWN, J„
Defendant, Paul V. Craig, was convicted by a jury of simple burglary and sentenced as a third felony offender to 12 years at hard labor. We affirm.
DISCUSSION
Sufficiency of Evidence
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no person shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” The Fourteenth Amendment imposes the same due process requirement on the states. Implicit in the due process clause is the protection of an accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime…
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