Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. John DRUMMER, Jr.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2019-02-11
Citations: 263 So. 3d 413
Docket Number: No. 2018-K-1139
Parties: STATE of Louisiana
v.
John DRUMMER, Jr.
Judges: HUGHES, J., concurs and assigns reasons.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 263
Pages: 413–413

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana
v.
John DRUMMER, Jr.
No. 2018-K-1139
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
February 11, 2019
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT, PARISH OF AVOYELLES
Writ denied.
HUGHES, J., concurs and assigns reasons.

Opinion:
Hughes, J., concurring.
The statement of the minor child to her father is properly admissible. However, the later statement to the police officer is not "res gestae." Nor is the "other crimes" evidence admissible. But given the totality of the evidence, these errors are harmless.