STATE v. HADDAD

No. 99-K-1272.

767 So.2d 682 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. Anwar HADDAD (sentenced as "Anwar G. Haddad").

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Vincent DiRosa, Jr., New Orleans, Counsel for Applicant.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul D. Connick, Metairie, Thomas Stanford Block, New Orleans, Terry Michael Boudreaux, Gretna, Ellen Steman Fantaci, New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent.


JOHNSON, Justice.*

Defendant, Anwar Haddad, was convicted in Jefferson Parish pursuant to LSA-R.S. 14:95.1, which makes it unlawful for a convicted felon to possess a firearm or carry a concealed weapon. We granted this writ of certiorari to determine whether the trial court erred in failing to give the jury a "neutralizing instruction" to neutralize any inference jurors might draw from the defendant's failure to call the driver of the...

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