STATE v. DAVIS

No. 85-K-1739.

498 So.2d 723 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shedrick L. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., A. Hammond Scott, Michael McMahon, Pamela S. Moran, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.*

The sole issue raised by defendant as grounds for reversing his conviction of armed robbery is that he was denied his constitutional right to present a defense when the trial judge refused to allow the introduction of evidence of a prior inconsistent statement by the robbery victim (that she could not identify the robber) because defense counsel had not questioned the victim about the prior inconsistent statement and...

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