Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Eric Dale MICKELSON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2010-11-19
Citations: 51 So. 3d 3
Docket Number: No. 2010-KK-2235
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Eric Dale MICKELSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 51
Pages: 3–3

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Eric Dale MICKELSON.
No. 2010-KK-2235.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Nov. 19, 2010.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; —Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Caddo, 1st Judicial District Court Div. 4, No. 262,256; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 46017-KW.
Writ granted. We find no abuse of the trial court's discretion in finding evidence of the defendant's unadjudicated offense to be admissible during the penalty phase of the defendant's capital trial. Accordingly, the ruling of the court of appeal is reversed. The trial court ruling is reinstated.