STATE v. JORDAN

No. 52838.

276 So.2d 277 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ricardo JORDAN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. Koch, Jr., Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DIXON, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of murder, R.S. 14:30 and given the death sentence. He appeals his conviction and sentence relying on eight bills of exceptions reserved and perfected during the proceedings.

We need discuss only one bill.

Bill of Exceptions No. 7 was reserved by the defendant to the State's use of evidence of other offenses in its case in chief. The context in which the evidence of other offenses was used is important. The...

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