STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2020 KW 0244

VERSUS

ANTHONY TIPTON MARCH 12, 2020

In Re: State of Louisiana, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 06- 16- 0468.

BEFORE: McDONALD, McCLENDON, AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

PMC WRC

McDonald, J., concurs. I do not believe the trial court' s ruling excluding the state' s expert witness was an abuse of discretion. However, exclusion of the witness is a drastic remedy and a better course of action would have been to deny the defendant' s motion to exclude the witness and give the defendant a continuance if requested.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLE' K OF COURT FOR THE COURT