FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 037

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinion handed down on the 1st day of June, 2007, is as follows:

BY JOHNSON, J.:

2006-K- 0481 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WAYNE MACON
(Parish of Orleans) (Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle)
For the above reasons, the ruling of the court of appeal is reversed, and the jury's verdict is reinstated. This matter is remanded to the trial court for sentencing.

TRAYLOR, J., concurs in the result.