STATE v. DAVIS

No. 67668.

389 So.2d 71 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Henry F. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joseph W. Browning, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.

William Noland, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

On application of the state, writs were granted to review the district judge's pretrial ruling denying the state's request to introduce evidence of other crimes to prove that the defendant committed the offense in this case. The trial judge seemed to base his ruling on the belief that evidence of other criminal acts is inadmissible except in prosecutions for crimes requiring proof of specific intent.

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