Legal Opinion

State v. Rodrigue

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 13, 1999No. 98-K-1558PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

734 So.2d 608 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Brenda RODRIGUE.[*]

No. 98-K-1558.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 13, 1999.

Bertha M. Hillman, for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Douglas P. Moreau, District Attorney, Richard C. Nevils, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.[**]

In this prosecution for second degree murder, we granted defendant's application for certiorari to determine whether her constitutional right to present a defense under La. Const. art. I, § 16 was violated when the prosecution objected, and the trial court sustained the objections, to evidence of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. State v. ThibeauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  3. State v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986
  4. State v. McMillianSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1953
  5. State v. RodriqueLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. LostonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2004
  2. State v. ColbyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
  3. State of Louisiana v. Catina CurleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2018
  4. State v. ColemanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2013
  5. State of Louisiana v. Catina CurleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2018

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