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   State Courts - Louisiana - January 31, 2006

  
State v. Housley, NO. 05-KA-502, COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 31, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Court did not abuse its discretion pursuant to La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 786 in allowing a prosecutor's examination of potential jurors during voir dire about credibility of police officers where examination sought to ascertain prospective jurors' attitudes toward testimony of eyewitness police officer to whom defendant allegedly sold cocaine.

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State v. King, NO. 05-KA-553, COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 31, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Court did not err in denying defendant's motion for mistrial, pursuant to La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 775, based on unavailability of his only witness where defense counsel already had opportunity to cross-examine the witness. Defendant did not move for continuance in order to locate witness, which suggested that witness was not actually needed.

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State v. Patterson, NO. 05-KA-560, COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 31, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's conviction for aggravated rape in violation of La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:42 was appropriate pursuant to La. Code Evid. Ann. arts. 403 and 412.2 where the admission of evidence involving another victim was proper because it was highly relevant to show defendant's lustful disposition toward teenage girls.

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State v. Singleton, NO. 05-KA-622, COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 31, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Sufficient evidence supported defendant's conviction for aggravated rape of his wife's 11-year-old niece, in violation of La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:42A(4), where victim consistently, through statements, interviews, and testimony, described details of the incident and maintained that defendant committed act of rape on her that included penetration.

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State v. Smith, NO. 05-KA-698, COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FIFTH CIRCUIT, January 31, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's sentence of 12 months at hard labor for attempted first degree injuring of public records, a violation of La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 14:27 and 14:132A, was not excessive; judge recognized defendant's first offender status and that she was a single mother but found her testimony at trial and sentencing had been full of calculated lies.

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