Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Christopher DURNING
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-06-16
Citations: 221 So. 3d 846
Docket Number: No. 2017-KK-0690
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Christopher DURNING
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 221
Pages: 846–847

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Christopher DURNING
No. 2017-KK-0690
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
06/16/2017

Opinion:
CRICHTON, J.,
would grant and assigns reasons:.
hi would' grant the State's writ application. The defendant is charged with committing the crime of cyberstalking. The State filed a Notice, of Res Gestae, seeking to introduce two consent judgments that (i) enjoin defendant from harassing, stalking, following, or threatening the victim, and (ii) terminate the- defendant's parental authority over his child with the victim. But res gestae evidence- does not typically require notice and, in any event, I question the .accuracy of using that legal: term. Instead, I would treat .the State's Notice-of Res Gestae as a motion in limine regarding admissibility; and, in my view, the consent judgments are clearly admissible in this bench trial as either a party admission or a judicial declaration.