State v. Jones

| ^GOTHARD, Judge.

Defendant, Danny Jones, appeals his conviction of theft of an amount over $100.00 in violation of LSA 14:67, and sentence as a multiple offender. For reasons that follow, we affirm the conviction, set aside the adjudication as a multiple offender and enhanced sentence, and remand.

On February 1, 1999, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging defendant, Danny Jones, with one count of theft of U.S. Currency, valued at $231.97, from Custom Bus Charter, Inc.,(Custom) in violation of LSA R.S. 14:67. Defendant was arraigned, on February 17, 1999,…