Opinion ID: 1743054
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Similar act

Text: The offenses were sufficiently similar to satisfy the requirements of Sections 445 and 446 relative to the admissibility of other acts to show intent. Both offenses involved attempts to murder; each concerned the defendant as the assailant and his estranged wife as the intended victim; both offenses related to acts of violence and physical injury was inflicted on the estranged wife in each instance. The evidence sought to be introduced here is of particular significance to dispel the defense contention that he cut his wife's throat accidentally. (He said he was cleaning his fingernails with a knife when he grabbed for a gun which she held, accidentally cutting her throat.) State v. Johnson, 228 La. 317, 82 So.2d 24 (1955).