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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Edward Charles MORRIS.
    No. 67675.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    May 29, 1980.
   In re State of Louisiana, through the District Attorney Leonard Knapp, Jr., applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus and stay order. Parish of Calca-sieu. No. 13,264-79.

Assuming the evidence sought to be adduced is a predicate for a ruling by the trial judge on the admissibility of evidence of character and threats of the victim, and that defendant will take the stand in the event of a favorable ruling on the predicate, writ denied.