STATE v. SPEARS

No. 2005-K-0964.

929 So.2d 1219 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jack S. SPEARS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Robert W. Levy, District Attorney, Pamela Anne Stewart, Assistant District Attorney, for applicant.

Culpepper & Carroll, Bobby L. Culpepper, Theresa Culpepper Carroll, for respondent.


TRAYLOR, Justice.

We granted this writ application to determine whether the court of appeal erred in finding that the evidence at trial was insufficient to sustain the verdict of guilty. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the ruling of the court of appeal.

FACTS and PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 1999, Karen Walker Kirkham and Richard Joe Kirkham, Jr., were engaged in a chicken raising operation in Choudrant, Louisiana. Late that year, the Kirkhams...

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