Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

777 So. 2d 1235

State v. Brown

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 18, 2000

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 2000-12-18

Decided 2000-12-18

¶1In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. L, No. 99-6949; to the *1236Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 00 K 1913.

¶2The application is granted. The ruling of the district court is reversed, and evidence of the victims’s dangerous character may not be introduced until there has been evidence of a hostile demonstration or an overt act on the part of the victim at the time of the offense charged. La.Code Evid. Art. 404A(2)(a).

CALOGERO, C.J., recused; JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.
/777/so2d/1235 · .json · Public domain