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STATE v. DENIS

No. 66228.

384 So.2d 419 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. David DENIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Steven Lemoine, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

ELLIS, Justice Ad Hoc.

Defendant David Denis was found guilty of simple burglary in violation of R.S. 14:62.2 on April 12, 1979, and he has appealed. He assigns as error the failure of the trial judge to instruct the jury that evidence of a witness's prior inconsistent statement may be considered only to impugn his credibility and not as evidence of the guilt of the accused.

Arthur Francois, the defendant's brotherin...

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