Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Edward Charles MORRIS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1980-05-29
Citations: 384 So. 2d 809
Docket Number: No. 67675
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Edward Charles MORRIS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 384
Pages: 809–810

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Edward Charles MORRIS.
No. 67675.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 29, 1980.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana, through the District Attorney Leonard Knapp, Jr., ap plying for writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus and stay order. Parish of Calca-sieu. No. 13,264-79.
Assuming the evidence sought to be adduced is a predicate for a ruling by the trial judge on the admissibility of evidence of character and threats of the victim, and that defendant will take the stand in the event of a favorable ruling on the predicate, writ denied.