STATE v. ROBERTS

No. K88-1088.

533 So.2d 1071 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Relator, v. F.A. ROBERTS, Jr., Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Wilson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Jena, for plaintiff-relator.

Patrick Durusau, Jena, for defendant-respondent.

Before GUIDRY, FORET and KING, JJ.


ORDER

WRIT DENIED: There is no clear error or clear abuse of discretion in the trial court's ruling.

We do not read Coy v. Iowa, ___ U.S. ___, 108 S.Ct. 2798, 101 L.Ed.2d 857 (1988), as precluding any exceptions to the rights conferred by the Confrontation Clause. However, we believe that if there is to be an exception to the exercise of these fundamental rights, it must be created by a statute designed to procedurally accommodate the competing...

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