State v. Rankin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
465 So.2d 679 (1985)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Henry RANKIN.
No. 84-K-1618.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 1, 1985.
Dwight Doskey, Craft & Doskey, New Orleans, for relator.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Mary C. McMullan, Maria Lazarte, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.
DIXON, Chief Justice.
The issue before the court is whether a defendant in a murder trial is precluded by the attorney client privilege from calling the attorney of a state's witness. The purpose for calling the attorney in the instant case was to determine whether…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gordon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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