STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 88-K-1133.

529 So.2d 157 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana v. Calvin JOHNSON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for State.

Dennis K. Dolbear, Jefferson, for defendant/relator.

Before GULOTTA, C.J., and GARRISON and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

We are called upon in this writ application to decide whether an active law clerk may practice in other divisions or sections of the court by which he is employed. We hold that law clerks may not be allowed to engage in active practice before any of the judges in the court for which he works.

In the instant case, a current, active law clerk working in Section "H" of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court enrolled as counsel of record to represent...

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