State v. Raymond
Louisiana Supreme Court
245 So. 2d 335 (1971)
- Written by Abby Roughton, JD
Facts
The State of Louisiana (plaintiff) charged James Raymond (defendant) with murder based on the death of James Quinn. At Raymond’s trial, the state called John Luther Jackson as a witness. Jackson testified that just hours before Raymond allegedly killed Quinn, Quinn and Jackson had a conversation in which Quinn called Raymond a punk and said that Raymond wanted to have sex with Quinn that night. Jackson further testified that immediately after Quinn made that statement, Quinn hid behind a tree to avoid being seen by Raymond. Raymond objected, arguing that Quinn’s statement was inadmissible hearsay and that the statement connected Raymond with the separate crime of sodomy. The trial court admitted Quinn’s statement as evidence of Quinn’s state of mind and instructed the jury that the statement should not be considered as evidence of the truth of the statement’s contents. The jury ultimately found Raymond guilty of manslaughter, and he appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Sanders, J.)
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