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STATE v. KNOWLES

No. 80-K-1766.

395 So.2d 678 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Patricia J. KNOWLES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diehlmann C. Bernhardt, Monroe, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., John R. Harrison, Lavalle Salomon, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondents.

WATSON, Justice.*

This matter involves the privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution1 and Article 1, Section 16, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.2 The trial court convicted defendant, Patricia J. Knowles, of contempt of court when she claimed that privilege, and a writ was granted to review the judgment.

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