State Of Louisiana v. Chauncey Carter

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

NO. 2021 KW 021. 4 STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

CARTER MAY 4, 2021 CHAUNCEY R.

for writs, In Re: State of Louisiana, applying supervisory

District Court, Parish of East Baton 19th Judicial

Rouge, No. 04- 14- 0019.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, McCLENDON, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court' s ruling excluding evidence the defendant' s intentional exposure of prior acts consisting of to the AIDS virus is reversed, and this matter is remanded to the assaultive

district court for further proceedings. " Sexually intentionally used by the behavior" is a general expression

Legislature in order to reference a broad range of behavior not offenses or any list of limited by statutorily -designated technical" definitions. State v. Layton, 2014- 1910 statutory

168 So. 3d 358, 362. As used in La. Code of Evid.

La. 3/ 17/ 15), behavior is broad enough to art. 412. 2, sexually assaultive

that is proscribed in La. R. S.

include the type of conduct

Because the district court found that the instant 14: 43. 5.

involve assaultive offense and prior acts do not sexually behavior, we remand the matter to the district court to apply the See State v.

balancing test provided in La. Code Evid. art. 403. Fife, 2019- 01833 ( La. 1/ 28/ 20), 288 So. 3d 117( per curiam).

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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