STATE v. POLAND

No. 2000-K-0453.

782 So.2d 556 (2001)

STATE of Louisiana v. Charles O. POLAND

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, William R. Coenen, Jr., District Attorney, Johnny R. Boothe, Penny Wise-Douciere, Counsel for Applicant.

Peggy J. Sullivan, Monroe, LA, Counsel for Respondent.

Ellis P. Adams, Jr., Counsel for Louisiana District Attorney Association (Amicus Curiae).


LEMMON, Justice.

During the trial in which defendant was convicted of manslaughter, the prosecutor, in his case-in-chief, introduced defendant's grand jury testimony as direct substantive evidence of his guilt. The principal issue prompting this court's grant of certiorari is whether use of a person's grand jury testimony in a subsequent criminal prosecution of that person violates the principles of grand jury secrecy contained in La.Code Crim. Proc. arts. 433 and...

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