In re Grand Jury Proceedings

Supreme Court of Louisiana
In re Grand Jury Proceedings, 195 So. 3d 1206 (La. 2016)
2016 WL 4265056
Grant, Knoll, Reasons

In re Grand Jury Proceedings

Opinion of the Court

In re State of Louisiana; — Other; Applying For Writ of Certiorari and/or Review, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. B, No. 33289-16; to the Court *1207of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2016-K-0751.

|,Writ denied.

Dissenting Opinion

KNOLL, J.,

would grant and assigns reasons.

hi vote to grant and reversé the lower courts’ rulings in accordance with my dissent to this Court’s writ denial in State v. Pittman, 16-1284, — So.3 — (La.7/14/16). The lower courts erred in granting the State’s subpoena request for records from the Department of Children and Family Services relating to non-validated eases. The Court of Appeal’s ruling, allowing the records to be produced for in camera inspection, ignores the plain language of La. Ch.C. art. 615(E), which expressly provides that the records in non-validated cases “shall not be disclosed or ordered to be produced in conjunction with any legal proceeding or other matter,” (Emphasis added). Thus, I would deny the State’s request to subpoena these records.

KNOLL, J., would grant and assigns reasons.

Reference

Full Case Name
In re GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS and In re Department of Children and Family Services
Status
Published