STATE v. KNIGHT

No. 99-KA-138.

738 So.2d 1179 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana v. Phillip KNIGHT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine M. Franks, Louisiana Appellate Project, Baton Rouge, for defendant appellant.

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Thomas J. Butler, Terry M. Boudreaux, James F. Scott, III, Assistant District Attorneys, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Gretna, Louisiana, for plaintiff-appellee.

Court composed of Judges CHARLES GRISBAUM, Jr., EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., and SUSAN M. CHEHARDY.


GRISBAUM, Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Phillip Knight, appeals his conviction and sentence of a felon carrying an illegal weapon. La. R.S. 14:95.1. We reverse.

ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR

The defendant assigns as error the following, to-wit:

1. The trial judge erred in using Philip Knight's uncorroborated inculpatory statement to establish an element of the offense. 2. The evidence is insufficient to establish all the elements...

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