STATE v. LaPORTE

No. KA-0340.

436 So.2d 681 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ronald LaPORTE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Bonin and Carla A. Failla, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara B. Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Mary Charlotte McMullan, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SCHOTT, AUGUSTINE and CIACCIO, JJ.


AUGUSTINE, Judge.

This is an appeal by Ronald Laporte on his conviction of a theft of a riding lawnmower valued at $1,090. He was sentenced to serve two years at hard labor. Laporte appeals on the ground that there was no evidence presented which would support the conviction of a crime occurring on March 9, 1981. After reviewing the record we agree and therefore reverse his conviction and sentence.

Ronald Laporte was charged by bill of information for the...

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