STATE v. MORRIS

No. 61832.

362 So.2d 1379 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Renee S. MORRIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alton T. Moran, Director, Office of Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., John Sinquefield, Marilyn C. Castle, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.


TATE, Justice.

At a pre-trial hearing, the trial court ruled certain other-crime evidence would be admissible at the trial on the merits of guilt or innocence "to show system, knowledge, and intent." See La.R.S. 15:445, 446. We granted supervisory writs to review this interlocutory ruling. 356 So.2d 1003 (1977).

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Normally, evidence of extraneous offenses is inadmissible at the trial of the offense charged. Aside...

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