Case ID: so2d_819/html/1027-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "KNOLL, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Joann LAVIGNE.
    No. 2002-KK-1820.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    July 2, 2002.
   In Re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. F, Nos. 429-262; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2002-K-1111.

Stay denied. Writ denied.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J.,

denies and concurs with reasons. The state may re-urge the admissibility of the testimony from past victims if, at trial, the defendant contests the validity of her prior guilty plea and conviction.