STATE v. SMITH

Nos. 99-KA-0606, 99-KA-2094, 99-KA-2015 and 99-KA-2019.

766 So.2d 501 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Mitchell SMITH. State of Louisiana v. Lisa M. Garrett. State of Louisiana v. Melanie Varnado. State of Louisiana v. Kelly A. Baron.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 31, 2000.

Dissenting Opinion Denial of Rehearing July 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Balentin M. Solino, Counsel for Applicant in No. 99-KA-2094.

Elizabeth W. Cole, Hans P. Sinha, Counsel for Respondent in No. 99-KA-2094.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Valentin M. Colino, Keva M. Landrum, Counsel for Applicant in No. 99-KA-2019.

William R. Campbell, Jr., Robert C. Jenkins, Jr., Sharon Setzer, Counsel for Respondent in No. 99-KA-2019.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Serena Conosciani, Jonathan P. Friedman, Valentin M. Colino, Counsel for Applicant in No. 99-KA-2015.

William R. Campbell, Jr., Christine T. Changho, Sharon Setzer, Counsel for Respondent in No. 99-KA-2015.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Charles H. Braud, Jr., Thomas S. Halligan, Valentin M. Colino, Holli Ann Herrle-Castillo, Counsel for Applicant in No. 99-KA-0606.

Bryne W. Dyer, III, Counsel for Respondent in No. 99-KA-0606.

Jeffrey Thomas Reeder, Stephen R. Scarborough, Counsel for amici curiae in No. 99-KA-0606, William P. Richardson, Bart Gould, Denne B. Aime, Stephen J. Crump, First Unitarian University Church, Eugene G. Lamothe.

Martha Jean Kegal, Michael Adams, Counsel for amicus curiae in No. 99-KA-0606, American Civil Liberties Union.


Dissenting Opinion by Judge Lemmon on Denial of Rehearing July 6, 2000.

TRAYLOR, Justice.*

FACTS/PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On September 24, 1995, the alleged victim and Mitchell Smith began talking while consuming alcohol at Brewski's Lounge in Chalmette. After at least one cocktail together, Mr. Smith asked her to accompany him to another bar, and the two left and went to Gabby's, a bar in New Orleans East. While at Gabby's...

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