Case ID: so2d_329/html/0434-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "SUMMERS, J., DIXON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Rex WILHITE.
    No. 57760.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    April 1, 1976.
   In re: State of Louisiana applying for Writs of Certiorari, Prohibition and Mandamus.

Writ denied. We cannot say the trial judge’s ruling granting a mistrial is incorrect. Moreover, since the trial judge has discharged the jury and reset the matter for trial, the matter is moot.

SUMMERS, J.,

this matter is moot. All other expressions of the majority is an improper advisory opinion.

DIXON, J.,

concurs in the denial. It was clear error, requiring a mistrial, for the prosecutor to refer to other criminal conduct by the defendant in cross-examination.