Garrett John v. Brianna Freeman John

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

GARRETT JOHN NO. 2025 CW 1270

VERSUS

BRIANNA FREEMAN JOHN MARCH 23, 2026

In Re: Garrett John, applying for supervisory writs, 32nd
Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne, No.
196464.

BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court’s ruling that Brianna John
Landrum could properly assert a blanket-type invocation of the
Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination to all
potential questions is reversed. A witness in a civil proceeding
must submit to be called and sworn and to answer all questions
except incriminating ones. The proper procedure is for the court
to permit the witness to be called on cross-examination and to
invoke the privilege after each question is asked so that the court
may rule as to whether the particular question is incriminating.
State ex rel. A.R., 2008-0261 (La. App. Ist Cir. 6/6/08), 2008 WL
2332322, *2 (unpublished).

PMc

HG
TPS

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

\FOR THE COURT