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COOKS v. RAPIDES INDIGENT DEFENDER BD.

No. 96-811.

686 So.2d 63 (1996)

Damion COOKS, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. RAPIDES PARISH INDIGENT DEFENDER BOARD, et al., Defendant—Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Joseph Yeager, Alexandria, for Damion Cooks.

William M. Ford, Alexandria, for Kenneth Rodenbeck Public Defender et al.

Albin Alexandre Provosty and H. Bradford Calvit, Alexandria, for City of Alexandria and Keith Delaney.

Before THIBODEAUX, PETERS and GREMILLION, JJ.

PETERS, Judge.

The issue in this claim for damages is whether an indigent defender board and its chief administrative officer owed a duty to a material witness in a criminal matter, who had been arrested and incarcerated under La.R.S. 15:257, to appoint counsel for the witness.

DISCUSSION OF THE RECORD

Damion Cooks filed this suit against the Rapides Parish Indigent Defender Board (IDB) and Kenneth Rodenbeck, an employee and chief administrative...

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