Legal Opinion
State v. Jeanlouis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 6, 1996No. CR96-474PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
| WOODARD, Judge.
Defendant appeals conviction of second degree murder, asserting the trial court erred in not granting his motion for a new trial, denying a challenge for cause of a biased juror, and allowing the introduction of prejudicial evidence. We affirm.
FACTS
On October 26, 1993, Ursula Bruno was stabbed at the intersection of Simcoe and Twelfth Streets in Lafayette, Louisiana. She was taken to a local hospital where she died. The police located four individuals who claimed to have been at the scene where the stabbing occurred, including Pamela Smothers, an eyewitness to the incident.…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Hudson v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
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