Legal Opinion
State v. Ruffin
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 21, 2011No. 2011-KA-0135PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MICHAEL E. KIRBY, Judge.
STATEMENT OF CASE
The Orleans Parish Grand Jury indicted Brandon Ruffin for two counts of second-*501degree murder (La. R.S 14:30.1) relative to the deaths of Denzel Williams on June 19, 2008 (count 1) and Kenneth Davis on January 29, 2009 (count 2).
Mr. Ruffin pled not guilty at his arraignment and thereafter filed motions to suppress the evidence, statement and identification, which the trial court ultimately denied.
Also, the trial court denied defendant’s motion to sever the offenses, and he unsuccessfully sought supervisory review of that ruling with this Court. State v.…
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