STATE v. MOORE

No. 82-KA-1788.

440 So.2d 134 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. James Craig MOORE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Nathan Stansbury, Dist. Atty., Don Landry, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas E. Guilbeau, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.


LEMMON, Justice.*

In this appeal by defendant of his convictions for the attempted forcible rape and attempted second degree murder of a young woman, the principal issue involves the state's introduction of evidence of two unrelated attacks by defendant on other young women.1 Since the defense raised was clearly that of "mistaken identity", we must decide whether the evidence's relevance and probative value...

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