STATE v. HONGO

No. 06-829.

944 So.2d 856 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ronnie Kurt HONGO, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don M. Burkett, District Attorney, Ronald D. Brandon, Assistant District Attorney, Many, LA, for State of Louisiana.

James E. Beal, Louisiana Appellate Project, Jonesboro, LA, for Defendant-Appellant, Ronnie Kurt Hongo, Jr.

Court composed of GLENN B. GREMILLION, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


PAINTER, Judge.

A jury convicted Defendant, Ronnie Kurt Hongo, Jr., of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, a violation of La.R.S. 40:967. Defendant was sentenced to twenty years at hard labor, two years of which were to be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. Defendant appeals, asserting that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction. For the following reasons, we agree and reverse Defendant's conviction.

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