STATE v. BARNES

No. 2012-KD-267.

79 So.3d 1008 (2012)

STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth BARNES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 26, 2012.


PER CURIAM.

Writ granted. The ruling of the trial court is reversed. The trial judge specifically found that the state did not solicit the brief, unresponsive remark made by the police officer.1 This Court "has generally recognized that a police officer's unsolicited, unresponsive reference to another crime by the defendant is not the comment of a court official under [the mandatory mistrial...

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