Perez v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• stating that older information is more likely to support finding of probable cause when criminal activity is on-going
• The nineteen year old defendant, while engaged in the armed robbery of a Church's Fried Chicken, shot and killed one of the employees
• the nineteen-year-old defendant, while engaged in the armed robbery of a fast-food restaurant, shot and killed one of the employees
• defendant, while engaged in the armed robbery in a Church's Fried Chicken, shot and killed one of the employees
• defendant, while engaged in the armed robbery of a Church's Fried Chicken, shot and killed one of the employees
• The trial judge did not err in denying the defendant’s hearsay objection at a pretrial Prieur hearing.
• under La. C.E. art. 104(A), trial court can consider hearsay in a Prieur hearing to determine the admissibility of other crimes evidence