Thibodeaux v. Thibodeaux

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY:

The trial court erred in ordering defendant-relator, Emery Thibodeaux, to answer all questions propounded to relator at the oral deposition and in the written interrogatories. U.S. Const. amends. V and XIV, Lefkowitz v. Turley, 414 U.S. 70, 94 S.Ct. 316, 38 L.Ed.2d 274 (1973). The record in this case clearly indicates that certain of the questions propounded to the relator could result in the relator incriminating himself in criminal activity if he were required to respond. The correct procedure for the trial court to follow in the instant case is to review…