STATE v. MUSSALL

No. 87-K-2535.

523 So.2d 1305 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Edward MUSSALL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Terry M. Boudreaux, Brian T. Treacy, Asst. Dist. Attys., for applicant.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, for respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this armed robbery case to consider the state's claim that the court of appeal did not apply the appropriate Jackson v. Virginia methodology in reversing the defendant's conviction but instead directly assessed the credibility of the witnesses and substituted its finding of a reasonable doubt for that of a rational trier of fact. State v. Mussall, 514 So.2d 505 (La.App. 4th...

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