STATE v. ENNIS

No. 81-KA-2042.

414 So.2d 661 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Russell L. ENNIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Stephen Wimberly, William Credo, III, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

C. Joseph Murray, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.*

Defendant, Russell Ennis, was convicted by a judge of receiving stolen things, La. R.S. 14:69, and sentenced to two years at hard labor. We reverse his conviction and sentence because the evidence does not warrant a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that he knew or had good reason to believe the thing, a 1976 Camaro automobile, was stolen when he received it.

La.R.S. 14:69 provides, in pertinent part:

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