Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1994

State v. Ortiz

State v. Ortiz
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided September 19, 1994 · Calogero, Lemmon, Watson
642 So. 2d 1285; 1994 La. LEXIS 2208; 1994 WL 522973 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State v. Ortiz

Opinion of the Court

In re Ortiz, Manuel; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial ■writs; Parish of Jefferson, 24th Judicial District Court, Div. “B”, No. 92-6496; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, No. 94-KW-0760.

Denied.

Concurring Opinion

WATSON, J.,

concurs, believing the evidence is admissible in part under the general rules of evidence but not as Prieur evidence.

Dissenting Opinion

LEMMON, J.,

dissents in part. Evidence of automobile insurance fraud is not relevant for any independent purpose in the murder case. Although the murder was allegedly committed to collect insurance, the fact of a prior fraudulent insurance claim does. not tend to prove any element of the murder case, but is highly prejudicial.

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel; recused.

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