SUMMERS, Justice.
Allen Parker was called as a witness in the trial of his brother Gerald Parker on September 27, 1977. During the course of the trial Allen asserted the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Section 16 of Article I of the Louisiana Constitution. The trial judge held that his claim was not well-founded, and when he refused to answer a question propounded by the State's...
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