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STATE v. WOMACK-GREY

No. 2000-K-1507.

805 So.2d 1116 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ila WOMACK-GREY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Julie C. Tizzard, Counsel for Applicant.

Michael Riehlmann, New Orleans, Counsel for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.1

The erroneous introduction of evidence relating to a defendant's prior bad acts risks "lur[ing] the fact-finder into declaring guilt on a ground different from proof specific to the offense charged ... [by] generalizing a defendant's earlier bad act into bad character and taking that as raising the odds that he did the later bad act now charged...." Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172

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