State v. Thomassie

hi concur but write separately to underscore the wholly inadmissible and irrelevant nature of the text-messages between Mr. Thomassie and Anna Henry, which were erroneously admitted by the trial judge over strenuous defense objection, and to emphasize that the erroneous admission requires reversal.

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It is noteworthy that the prosecution sought to introduce the text-messages under the Articles governing confessions and inculpatory statements of the defendant. See La. C.Cr.P. arts. 716, 722, 767, 768. But a statement by Mr. Thomassie that he prefers his adult girlfriend to depilate her pubic…