STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 67330.

389 So.2d 384 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Charles D. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., J. Kevin McNary, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Steve Lemoine, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.

Defendant, Charles D. Williams, was convicted of obtaining credit with a stolen credit card, La.R.S. 14:67.3 (Supp.1964) and sentenced to two years in jail. We reverse his conviction and sentence, finding merit in his assignment of error based on a lack of constitutional proof of an essential element of the crime, viz., that defendant obtained credit. Since there was a constitutionally sufficient evidentiary basis for the jury to find the defendant...

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