STATE v. ECHEVERRIA

No. 03-KA-898.

862 So.2d 163 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. Christina ECHEVERRIA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Terry M. Boudreaux, Thomas J. Butler, Cameron M. Mary, Assistant District Attorneys, Gretna, LA, for The State of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Margaret S. Sollars, Thibodaux, LA, for Cristina Echeverria, Defendant-Appellant.

Panel composed of Judges MARION F. EDWARDS, CLARENCE E. McMANUS and WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD.


WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

Defendant, Cristina Echeverria, was charged by a bill of information on October 31, 2001 with theft of currency valued at over $1,000 in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:67, a charge to which the defendant pled not guilty. On November 8, 2002, a six-person jury returned a verdict of guilty of "theft of property with a value of $500 or more."1

After denying the defendant's motion for new trial on December 6...

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