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SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 95-K-2920 STATE OF LOUISIANA Versus LONNIE P. FONTENOT ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT, PARISH OF EVANGELINE

PER CURIAM* Defendant was convicted on five counts of felony theft. On appeal, the court affirmed the convictions on the basis that defendant's exculpatory account of how he acquired the stolen property he resold to various persons was impeached generally by his two prior felony convictions and specifically by discrepancies in the receipts purporting to show his innocent purchase of one stolen lawnmower and four stolen allterrain vehicles (ATVs). 95-459, p. 506 (La. App. 3d Cir. 11/2/95); 664 So. 2d 523, 526-27. This court granted certiorari to review the sufficiency of the evidence. 952920 (La. 3/22/96); 669 So. 2d 1229. Defendant concedes there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction on count five. However, as to counts one through four, the prosecutor had no direct evidence that relator participated in the thefts. The evidence as to these

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*Marcus, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2,

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