Legal Opinion
STATE of Louisiana v. Gary LAYTON; State of Louisiana v. Gary Layton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 17, 2015No. 2014-KK-1910PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, Justice.
| TThis case is in a pretrial posture concerning the admissibility of evidence of defendant’s past “sexually assaultive behavior,” which is not statutorily defined as a sexual offense.
At a pretrial hearing on the State’s motion to introduce evidence pursuant to La. Code Evid. art. 412.2 of defendant’s 1997 “sexually assaultive behavior,” the Trial Court ruled the evidence was inadmissible because defendant’s alleged conduct did not meet the “elements of a sexual battery” as defined by state law. The Court of Appeal agreed with the Trial Court and denied supervisory writs. For…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Evans v. LungrinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- Lasha v. Olin Corp.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- State v. WrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
- State v. KennedySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
- State v. McArthurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. DaleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. WilsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- State v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. WoodberryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
- State v. BerryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2017
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