# State v. Brown

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · December 18, 2000 · 777 So. 2d 1235

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7738718

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Louisiana v. Fred BROWN
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** December 18, 2000
- **Citations:** 777 So. 2d 1235; 2000 La. LEXIS 3611; 2000 WL 33157749
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Calogero, Deny, Johnson, Writ
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court Div. L, No. 99-6949; to the *1236 Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 00 K 1913.
The application is granted. The ruling of the district court is reversed, and evidence of the victims’s dangerous character may not be introduced until there has been evidence of a hostile demonstration or an overt act on the part of the victim at the time of the offense charged. La.Code Evid. Art. 404A(2)(a).
CALOGERO, C.J., recused; JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.

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