Legal Opinion
State of Louisiana v. Joseph Taylor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 1, 2016No. 2016-KK-1124 C/W 2016-KK-1183Published
1Opinion of the Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE NEWS RELEASE #071 FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA The Opinions handed down on the 1st day of December, 2016, are as follows: BY JOHNSON, C.J.: 2016-KK-1124 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH TAYLOR (Parish of Orleans) C/W 2016-KK-1183 For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we find no error in the district court’s ruling allowing the state to introduce evidence of defendant’s 1999 PWITD cocaine conviction at trial. However, we find the district court abused its discretion in failing to conduct a pre-trial hearing to determine the…
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- State v. HearoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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