STATE v. LINGLE

No. KA 6814.

514 So.2d 171 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Scott LINGLE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., William B. Faust, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael E. McMahon, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

John Wilson Reed, Lori R. Fregolle, Robert Glass, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before GULOTTA, BARRY and CADE, JJ.


HERBERT A. CADE, Judge Pro Tem.

Scott Lingle asks this Court to reverse his conviction for the second degree murder of Janet McLeod claiming irrelevant "other crimes evidence" and prejudicial hearsay were admitted in the proceedings below. We find no reversible error; we affirm.

Janet McLeod was sixty-two years old when she was murdered. For a number of years she had been employed by Helen Russel as a live-in housekeeper, primarily to care for Mrs. Russel...

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