State v. Langlois

Supreme Court of Louisiana
State v. Langlois, 729 So. 2d 591 (La. 1998)
1998 La. LEXIS 3916; 1998 WL 956245
Calogero

State v. Langlois

Opinion of the Court

In re Langlois, Donald; — Defendant(s); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. “A”, No. 335-844; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 98KW-1046.

Granted. The trial court erred in limiting the pretrial hearing to whether the state laid a foundation for the introduction of the DNA evidence. The case is remanded to the trial court with an order to hold a pretrial hearing on the reliability and relevance of the DNA evidence to the facts at issue. State v. Foret, 628 So.2d 1116 (La. 1993); State v. Quatrevingt, 93-1644 (La.3/29/96), 670 So.2d 197, 204; State v. Charles, 617 So.2d 895, 896 (La. 1993) (per curiam); Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993).

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

Reference

Full Case Name
STATE of Louisiana v. Donald LANGLOIS
Status
Published