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04/8/2011 "See News Release 021 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents." SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA No. 11-KK-0291 STATE OF LOUISIANA VERSUS KENNETH HUNTER ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT, PARISH OF ORLEANS

GUIDRY, Justice, concurs with reasons. The only issue currently before the Court is the trial court's denial of the defendant's motion to sever. I agree that a joint trial is possible in this case. However, the more difficult question is whether the statements are admissible in their present form pursuant to Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 135, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 1628, 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968). T hey may require redaction. S ee Gray v. Maryland, 523 U.S. 185, 118 S.Ct. 1151, 140 L.Ed.2d 294 (1998).



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