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Criminal Law Supreme and Appellate Opinions

by Townsend, Karen

 

SC20840 - State v. Jones (“On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court (1) improperly admitted into evidence testimony related to the defendant’s alleged gang affiliation, and (2) abused its discretion in admitting into evidence the defendant’s actions after law enforcement attempted to arrest him in Louisiana to establish his consciousness of guilt. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.”)

AC43796 - State v. Garrison (Assault in the first degree; motion to suppress; “The remaining issues on appeal are whether the trial court improperly denied (1) the defendant’s motion to suppress because, contrary to the determination of the court, his statements to the police were not voluntary, and therefore their admission at trial violated his right to due process, and (2) his motion for sanctions in which he claimed that the state had failed to comply with the court’s discovery orders and its constitutional obligation to disclose impeachment evidence pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 (1963). We are not persuaded by these claims and therefore affirm the judgment of conviction.”)