Opinion
No. 98-1914.
December 16, 1998.
Appeal from the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafayette, Judge Marcus Broussard.
James J. Adams, Fournet Adams, John Stafford Irion, Jr., Lafayette, for applicant/plaintiff.
Helen Scott Johnson, Lafayette, for respondents/defendant.
Before THIBODEAUX, COOKS and PICKETT, JJ.
WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY:
The trial court erred in excluding the testimony of the prior acts of violence against women other than the plaintiff. La. Code of Evidence art. 404(B) allows the evidence to be submitted in order to prove motive. Therefore, the trial court is instructed to allow the evidence to be introduced at the trial on the merits.