STATE v. GASH

No. 89-KA-1624.

570 So.2d 542 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert L. GASH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., of Orleans Parish, Jack Peebles, Asst. Dist. Atty., of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for appellee.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

Before BYRNES, LOBRANO and WILLIAMS, JJ.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

In this criminal appeal, defendant claims the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce testimony concerning an out-of-court statement made by defendant, to a witness, without first providing defendant either discovery or notice pursuant to LSA-C.Cr.P. art. 768. We find defendant's claim meritless. The notice requirement of article 768 does not apply to the testimony elicited at trial because the testimony does not contain "a confession...

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