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# 10
FROM : CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The Opinions
handed down on the 29th day of January, 2001
, are as follows:
BY
KIMBALL, J. :
2000-KK-
0850 STATE OF LOUISINA v. SIDNEY COTTON (Parish
of Washington) Molestation of a Juvenile and Oral Sexual
Battery)
Accordingly,
we cannot say that the trial court abused its discretion
in refusing to admit the prior bad acts evidence. Because
the State has failed to satisfy its burden of proof
under LA. CODE EVID. art. 404(B), the ruling of the
trial court is affirmed.
CALOGERO,
C.J., concurs and assigns reasons.
VICTORY,
J., dissents and assigns reasons.
TRAYLOR, J.,
dissents for reasons assigned by Justice Victory.
BY
JOHNSON, J. :
2000-CA-
1176 EUGENE C. LATOUR, II, CLYDE LAFLEUR AND JOSEPH
L. LACHNEY, JR. v . STATE OF LOUISIANA ; HONORABLE
M.J. "MIKE " FOSTER, GOVERNOR; RICHARD P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY
GENERAL; WILLIAM R. "RUT" WHITTINGTON , SUPERINTENDENT
STATE POLICE (Parish of Evangeline)
We conclude that
the minimum age for purchasing lottery tickets and operating
video poker is substantially related to the protection
of the general welfare of this state. Accordingly, we
overrule the district court's ruling that La. R.S. 47:9025(B)(2),
47:9070, and 27:319 are unconstitutional.
REVERSED
CALOGERO,
C.J., additionally, concurs and assigns reasons.
LEMMON,
J., dissents and assigns reasons.
KIMBALL,
J., concurs and assigns reasons.
PER
CURIAM :
1999-K-
2207 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DWAIN MICHAEL JONES
(Parish of Avoyelles)
Accordingly,
the decision of the court of appeal is reversed and
this case is remanded to the district court for execution
of sentence.
JUDGMENT OF COURT
OF APPEAL REVERSED; CASE REMANDED.
PATRICIA RIVET
MURRAY, Associate Justice Ad Hoc, sitting for Knoll,
J., recused.
JAMES C. GULOTTA,
Justice Pro Tempore, sitting for Associate Justice,
Harry T. Lemmon.
CALOGERO, C.J.,
dissents for the reasons assigned by Murray, J. ad hoc.
MURRAY,
J., ad hoc, dissents and assigns reasons.
2000-KK-
1174 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WENDELL PROFIT (Parish
of Orleans) (Manslaughter)
Accordingly,
the decisions below are reversed and this case is remanded
to the trial court for further proceedings consistent
with the views expressed herein.
JUDGMENT REVERSED;
CASE REMANDED.
JAMES C. GULOTTA,
Justice Pro Tempore, sitting for Associate Justice,
Harry T. Lemmon.
JOHNSON, J.,
dissents. |
