7 So. 3d 689 - State v. Ridgley’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “Res gestae events constituting other crimes are deemed admissible because they are so nearly connected to the charged offense that the state could not accurately present its case without reference to them. State v. Taylor, 01-1638, p. 10 (La.1/14/03), 838 So.2d 729, 741 , cert. denied, Taylor v. Louisiana, 540 U.S. 1103 , 124 S.Ct. 1036 , 157 L.Ed.2d 886 (2004). A close connexity between the charged and uncharged conduct is required in order to insure that “the purpose served by admission of other crimes evidence is not to depict the defendant as a bad man, but rather to complete the story of the crime on trial by proving its immediate context of happenings near in time and place.” State v. Colomb, 98-2813, p. 3 (La.10/1/99), 747 So.2d 1074, 1076 (quoting State v. Haarala, 398 So.2d 1093, 1098 (La.1981)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 47 So. 3d 34 - State v. HA, SR.

2. “Except as provided in Article 412, evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, he admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, absence of mistake or accident, provided that upon request by the accused, the prosecution in a criminal case shall provide reasonable notice in advance of trial, of the nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial for such purposes, or when it relates to conduct that constitutes an integral part of the act or transaction that is the subject of the present proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 47 So. 3d 34 - State v. HA, SR.

3. “The failure of a sentencing court to specifically state that all or a portion of the sentence is to be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence shall not in any way affect the statutory requirement that all or a portion of the sentence be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 So. 3d 9 - State v. Barnes