Legal Opinion
State v. Hammons
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 20, 1992No. 90-K-1920PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
597 So.2d 990 (1992)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Robert M. HAMMONS.
No. 90-K-1920.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 20, 1992.
Robert Stephen Glass, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.
Richard Phillip Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Walter Philip Reed, Dist. Atty., William R. Campbell, Jr., David J. Knight, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.
LEMMON, Justice.
The issue in this case is whether defendant is entitled to a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. We hold that the trial judge erred in denying defendant's motion for new trial.
Facts
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