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

STATE of Louisiana v. Clarence SMITH.
    No. 93-KD-2227.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Sept. 9, 1993.
    Rehearing Denied; Reconsideration Denied Sept. 24, 1993.
   In re Smith, Clarence M.; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “C”, No. 298-874.

Granted. Judgment of the trial court denying relator’s request for a hearing on the admissibility of co-conspirator statements and permitting the introduction of co-conspirator statements is vacated and set aside. The trial judge is ordered either 1) to conduct a pre-trial hearing at which the defense should be allowed an opportunity to present new or additional evidence or 2) to delay his ruling on the admissibility of alleged co-conspirator statements until the state’s prima facie evidence of conspiracy is presented at trial.

HALL, J., not on panel.