In Re: Grand Jury Proceedings

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

IN RE: GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS NO. 2020 KW 0790

SEPTEMBER 09, 2020

In Re: State of Louisiana, applying for supervisory writs,

20th Judicial District Court, Parish of West

Feliciana, No. 18- WFLN- 024.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, WELCH, AND HOLDRIDGE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The district
court' s order that a certified court reporter, not employed by
the Twentieth Judicial District Court, record the grand jury
proceedings targeting the respondent is hereby modified to
restrict the recording to all grand jury proceedings inclusive
of testimony, which would not include legal consultation and

deliberation. The recorded testimony is subject to being
transcribed upon order of the court. In all other respects, the

State' s writ application is denied.

JMG
GH

Welch, J., dissents in part. Without a showing of a

particularized need to record all testimony, the order should be
restricted to recording the testimony of the respondent' s wife
only.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT