STATE v. SMITH

No. 2013-KA-0143.

141 So.3d 853 (2014)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ladoia SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Matthew C. Kirkham , Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee/State of Louisiana.

Sherry Watters , Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

Court composed of Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS.


SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS, Judge.

Ladoia Smith was found guilty as charged of simple kidnapping, a violation of La. R.S. 14:44, and home invasion, a violation of La. R.S. 14:62.8. Smith was sentenced to five years for simple kidnapping and sentenced, as a multiple offender, to forty years for home invasion. Smith appeals his conviction for home invasion, arguing that the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the...

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