Opinion

State v. Lilley

  • 669 So. 2d 1363
  • 1996 La. App. LEXIS 318
  • 1996 WL 83182
Court
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Filed
Feb 28, 1996
Status
Published
Author
Williams
On the bench
Brown, Clark, Hightower, Ibrown, Reasons, Sexton, Tern, Williams
Cited by
0 cases

The opinion

|!WILLIAMS, Judge,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. The deputy’s testimony concerning the victim’s statement was inadmissible hearsay evidence. LSA-C.E. Art. 801(C). Clearly, without the deputy’s testimony on the issue, the state could not have proved its ease. The trial judge’s ruling in this regard was not harmless error.

Moreover, this writer questions the sufficiency of the state’s evidence to convict the defendant of attempted indecent behavior with a juvenile. Even if the above-mentioned testimony was properly admitted at the trial, the testimony of the “key” witness/investigating officer was contradicted by the then almost thirteen-year-old victim.

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