Legal Opinion

State v. Cann

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 24, 1986No. 17953-KAPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEXTON, Judge.

The defendant, Donells Cann, was convicted by a jury of the crime of distribution of marijuana and sentenced to five years at hard labor. He now appeals arguing four assigned errors. Finding no merit in any of these contentions, we affirm the conviction.

Because defendant’s Assignment of Error Number Three challenges the sufficiency of evidence under the standards of Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979), and since the evidence in this case is primarily circumstantial, we find it necessary to discuss the facts in some detail.

FACTS

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. State v. CaptvilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. MorrisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
  2. State v. BroussardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
  3. State v. CannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1987

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