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· 2/15/2008

Herff Jones, Inc. v. Girouard

Citations

  • 976 So. 2d 185
  • 2008 La. LEXIS 387
  • 2008 WL 823948

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that sexual assault convictions were permissible, ‘‘irrespective of the brief period of time separating them’’
  • ‘‘[f]light, when unexplained, tends to prove a con- sciousness of guilt . . . [and] is a form of circumstan- tial evidence’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • conviction of two counts of sexual assault was permissible, ‘‘irrespective of the brief period of time separating them’’
  • ‘‘the fact that ambiguities or explanations may exist [that] tend to rebut an inference of guilt does not render evidence of flight inadmissible but simply constitutes a factor for the jury’s consideration’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)

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