Case ID: so2d_399/html/1176-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "LEMMON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie WATSON, Jr.
    No. 81-K-1472.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    June 5, 1981.
   In re: State of Louisiana, through the District Attorney, Harry J. Morel, Jr., applying for Writs of Certiorari, Mandamus, Prohibition and Stay Order, Parish of St. Charles, No. 81-069.

Denied.

BLANCHE, J., would grant the writ.

LEMMON, J.,

dissents.

While any person may be called as a witness, the application complains about specific questions and answers which are anticipated. In my opinion evidence at a sentencing hearing is properly limited to mitigating circumstances of the offense. Opinion evidence attacking the morality of the death penalty in general should be excluded.