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KNAPPER v. CONNICK

No. 96-C-0434.

681 So.2d 944 (1996)

Issac KNAPPER v. Harry F. CONNICK and David Paddison.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 15, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Steven Kingsdorf, Cleveland, Barrios, Kingsdorf & Casteix, New Orleans, for applicant.

Bruce Gerard Whittaker, Michael Riehlmann, Laurie A. White, William F. Wessel, Charlotte Ann Lagarde, Wessel, Bartels & Ciaccio, New Orleans, for respondent.

Ellis Paul Adams, Jr., for Louisiana District Attorneys Association (Amicus Curiae).

Patricia Nailey Bowers, for Walter Reed, District Attorney (Amicus Curiae).

MARCUS, Justice.*

In 1979, Issac Knapper was indicted by an Orleans Parish grand jury for first degree murder. After a jury trial, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal.1 Subsequently, Mr. Knapper obtained the initial police report for the murder at issue and filed a petition for post-conviction relief, claiming that the report contained exculpatory...

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