STATE v. PHILLIPS

No. 19089-KA.

514 So.2d 743 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Robert Randall PHILLIPS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 28, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLeod, Swearingen, Verlander, Dollar, Price & Noah, by Allen Harvey, Monroe, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, James A. Norris, Jr., Dist. Atty., Michael Jedynak, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for appellee.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and LINDSAY, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

The record of this appeal of a negligent homicide conviction by a jury contains only the scantest of facts, which might, in a civil action, permit the inference that defendant's conduct caused the death of a passenger in the vehicle into which defendant's automobile collided.

The evidence is insufficient to convict in a criminal action, however, because the scant facts do not prove the inference beyond a reasonable doubt as the...

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