STATE v. BELL

No. 67394.

391 So.2d 833 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Derrick BELL and Jimmy Thomas.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1981.

Dissenting Opinion February 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

John M. Lawrence, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Jimmy Thomas.

Ernest Lee Caulfield, New Orleans, for Derrick Bell, defendant-appellant.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

LEMMON, J., dissents for reasons assigned.

LEMMON, Justice, dissenting.

Evidence of physical abuse of a co-defendant in the same case by the same officer is relevant to the issue of whether defendant's confession was coerced and is probative on the probability of use of coercion by that officer. The evidence may also be used to attack the officer's credibility after he denies use of coercion in obtaining confessions.<...

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