STATE v. JONES (2024)

Writ granted. We do not find sufficient evidence in this case to uphold a conviction for theft under Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). See State v. Bourgeois, 20-00883, p. 2 (La. 5/13/21), 320 So. 3d 1047, 1049 (quoting State v. Captville, 448 So.2d 676, 678 (La. 1984)) (“In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, an appellate court in Louisiana is controlled by the standard enunciated by the United States Supreme Court in Jackson v. Virginia,․ [T]he appellate court must determine that the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, was sufficient to convince a rational trier of fact that all of the elements of the crime had been proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”) We reverse the judgments of the lower courts and vacate the defendant's conviction.

PER CURIAM

Hughes, J., would deny. McCallum, J., would deny. Knoll, J., recused.