Legal Opinion

State v. Cann

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided January 16, 1981No. 66349PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

392 So.2d 381 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Freddie CANN.

No. 66349.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 15, 1980.

Concurring Opinion January 16, 1981.

Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Martha E. Minnie weather, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

LEMMON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of possession of cocaine. Finding prejudicial error in the prosecution's introduction of evidence of other crimes, we reverse the conviction.

In executing a warrant for the…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. State v. PacieraSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. CannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
  2. State v. HernandezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  3. State v. JeffcoatSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  4. State v. HodgesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
  5. State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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