STATE v. COUSIN

No. 96-KA-2973.

710 So.2d 1065 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Shareef COUSIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clive Adrian Stafford Smith, Lane R. Trippe, Willard W. Hill, Jr., Kern A. Reese, New Orleans, for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joseph E. Lucore, Valentin Solino, New Orleans, for Respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.*

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of first degree murder and a sentence of death. La. Const. art. V, § 5(D). The guilt phase of the case turned on the identification of defendant as the murderer. The principal issues on appeal are (1) whether the trial court properly admitted evidence of defendant's statements to a prosecution witness, supposedly offered to impeach the witness' testimony at trial that defendant...

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