State v. Terrebonne

SUMMERS, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review the trial judge’s ruling that the testimony of a witness before the grand jury which indicted defendant was inadmissible at defendant’s trial to prove a prior inconsistent statement of that witness. After due consideration we find the ruling to be correct.

Kirby Terrebonne, Jr., was indicted by the Lafourche Parish Grand Jury on April 10, 1969 for the armed robbery of Ernest Yelverton on February IS, 1969, contrary to Article 64 of the Louisiana Criminal Code. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty.

During the course of the trial, which…