STATE v. RANKIN

No. 84-K-1618.

465 So.2d 679 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Henry RANKIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight Doskey, Craft & Doskey, New Orleans, for relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Mary C. McMullan, Maria Lazarte, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

The issue before the court is whether a defendant in a murder trial is precluded by the attorney client privilege from calling the attorney of a state's witness. The purpose for calling the attorney in the instant case was to determine whether the witness had been promised favorable treatment by the district attorney on an unrelated charge pending in another section of court, in exchange for his testimony.

On March 13, 1982 defendant...

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