STATE v. WASHBURN

SC 2228.

349 So.2d 20 (1977)

In re STATE of Alabama v. John Cecil WASHBURN, as a member of the Etowah County Commission. Ex parte John Cecil WASHBURN, as a member of the Etowah County Commission.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

August 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry H. Keener, Rowan S. Bone, William D. Hudson and Keener, Cusimano & Cardwell, Gadsden, for petitioner.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Edward E. Carnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


EMBRY, Justice.

This is a petition of John Cecil Washburn, as a member of the Etowah County Commission, for the Writ of Mandamus to compel Honorable James B. Waid, Judge of the Circuit Court of Etowah County, to set aside a protective order which denied petitioner the right to take depositions of witnesses. The petition presents to this court the issue of whether Washburn may, in an impeachment proceeding, depose witnesses of the State while claiming a privilege against...

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