STATE v. LEE

No. 2000-K-0831.

767 So.2d 97 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana v. George LEE

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, David A. Weilbaecher, Jr., Jeffrey W. Davidson, Assistants District Attorney, New Orleans, Counsel for State-Relator.

Robert Jenkins, Kenneth Plaisance, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant-Respondent.

Richard Rydelek, Clive A. Stafford Smith, Timothy Meche, New Orleans, Amicus Curiae, Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Court composed of Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III, Judge STEVEN R. PLOTKIN, PHILIP C. CIACCIO, Judge Pro Tem.


PLOTKIN, J.

This writ application presents the question of whether the trial court erred in granting the defense full access to the State's files, i.e. "open-file discovery."1

PROCEDURAL HISTORY:

On February 24, 2000, defendant George Lee, a New Orleans police officer, was charged by bill of information with six counts of forcible rape and four counts of second-degree kidnapping. Trial began on April 3rd before...

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