State v. Lyons

[D]espite some clear dissimilarities in the details of the homicide and violence inflicted upon [the victim] and the homicide and violence involving the defendant's prior wife, the crimes "clearly express the vicious, deviant attitude that [defendant] holds toward women with whom he has a romantic relationship. This attitude is so similarly reflected in each of the crimes that [defendant] has committed that crimes are inextricably connected in the pattern ... they exhibit." [State v.] Rose, 05-0396 at p. 4 [ (La.App. 4 Cir. 1/18/06), 925 So.2d [34] at 49 (Cannizarro, J., dissenting).

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