Opinion ID: 1721719
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Errors Specifically Assigned

Text: Appellant designated with particularity four assignments of error: (1) The trial court erred in denying defendant's pretrial motion to suppress the statement of Donald Harris; (2) The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress Kelly Herrell's identification of Harris and Smith; (3) The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for a new trial; and (4) The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for post verdict judgment of acquittal. Defendant also assigned as a supplemental assignment of error the trial court's ruling during the trial that the prior inconsistent statement of Donald Harris was inadmissible. We reviewed these assignments first and concluded that none of them has any immediate reversible merit. See State v. Bay, 529 So.2d 845, 852 n. 6 (La.1988). The alleged errors underlying assignment (3) and the supplemental assignment may have merit in future proceedings, however, and the defendant's right to raise them at that time is hereby reserved. With respect to the supplemental assignment of error, we note that defendant's new trial will be governed by the provisions of the newly enacted La. Evidence Code art. 613.