STATE v. SMITH

No. KA 1165.

450 So.2d 679 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Larry D. SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Timothy J. McElroy, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Dwight M. Doskey, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and KLEES and BYRNES, III, JJ.)


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for receiving a stolen thing as unsupported by the evidence and his 20-year sentence as a third offender as excessive.

Defendant argues that the evidence does not establish "circumstances which indicate that the offender knew or had good reason to believe," La.R.S. 14:69, that the motorcycle he received was stolen. The circumstances established include that the ignition lock had been pulled out and an...

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