STATE v. BIAS

No. 67803.

393 So.2d 677 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Freddie BIAS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leonard K. Knapp, Jr., Dist. Atty., Robert Bryant, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Wilford Carter, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the district court properly exercised its discretionary powers to exclude the testimony of an undisclosed alibi witness for the defendant under La.C.Cr.P. Art. 727. We hold that the district judge did not properly exercise his discretion and remand the case for an evidentiary hearing on whether the witness should have been excluded.

Defendant, Freddie Bias, was tried and convicted of aggravated rape in violation...

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