Case ID: so2d_505/html/1130-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "DENNIS, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Frederick BROWN.
    No. 86-K-2470.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    April 23, 1987.
   IN RE: Brown, Frederick; Applying for Writ of Certiorari and/or Review; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number KA-3907; 499 So.2d 395, Parish of Orleans Criminal District Court Div. “B” Number 278-714.

Denied.

DENNIS, J.,

concurs in the denial.

State v. Carter, 227 La. 820, 80 So.2d 420 (1955) requires more than a general charge on burden of proof when self defense is at issue. Therefore, the trial court erred when it denied defendant’s request for a special instruction that the burden of proof did not shift to the defendant on self defense. However, the error in this case appears to be harmless.