STATE v. ELKINS

No. 85-K-2203.

489 So.2d 232 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lindsey ELKINS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion June 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Tosh, Tosh & Tompson, Gretna, for defendant-applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., William Credo, Dorothy Pendergast, Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Lindsey Elkins was charged in separate bills of information with receiving stolen jewelry in the amounts of $200.00 and $500.00. The jewelry was burgled from the homes of Christopher Niehouse and Lisa Eaton. Niehouse lost property worth $10,960.00 in the burglary of his residence; $2,085.75 was taken from Eaton and her door was broken down. Elkins was not charged with either burglary and no evidence in the record links her to those crimes.

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