Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Sidney COTTON
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2001-04-20
Citations: 787 So. 2d 278
Docket Number: No. 2000-KK-0850
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Sidney COTTON.
Judges: TRAYLOR, KNOLL, VICTORY, JJ., would grant the rehearing.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 787
Pages: 278–278

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Sidney COTTON.
No. 2000-KK-0850.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 20, 2001.

Opinion:
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
Application for rehearing granted in part to clarify that the State is not required, in a Prieur hearing, to introduce evidence detailing the present charges against defendant. As always, however, the State must show that the other crimes evidence sought to be introduced tends to prove any of the La. C.E. art. 404(B) factors for which the evidence is offered, ie., whether the evidence has any probative value. In the instant case, despite the fact that the State has had two opportunities to make the required showing, the evidence of the other crimes in this record does not establish that the probative value of that evidence outweighs its prejudicial effect. The application for rehearing is otherwise denied.
TRAYLOR, KNOLL, VICTORY, JJ., would grant the rehearing.