Legal Opinion

State v. Davis

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 6, 1980No. 67668PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

389 So.2d 71 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Henry F. DAVIS.

No. 67668.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 6, 1980.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joseph W. Browning, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.

William Noland, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

On application of the state, writs were granted to review the district judge's pretrial ruling denying the state's request to introduce evidence of other crimes to prove that the defendant committed the offense in this case. The trial judge seemed to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  2. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  3. State v. LedetSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  4. State v. GainesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  5. State v. FrentzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. HumphreySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  2. Joseph Avery Robinson v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  3. State v. JamesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  5. State v. MooreSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983

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