STATE v. MALMSTROM

No. 96-KA-0643.

692 So.2d 14 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas MALMSTROM.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Susan E. Talbot, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for State of La.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Defendant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and LOBRANO and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to consider whether the evidence was sufficient to establish the offense of cheating in a gaming establishment. Finding that a reasonable jury, when viewing all evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, could have concluded that the appellant intended to distract the dealer so that he might increase his ante in violation of the rules, we affirm.

On September 27, 1995, Thomas F. Malmstrom was...

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