State v. Revere

IgCARTER, Judge.

This is an appeal in a suit for mandamus.

FACTS

On February 22, 1993, defendant, Rodney Revere, requested that the St. Tammany *1230Sheriffs Office forward to him various items pursuant to LSA-R.S. 44:1, et seq.1 By letter, dated March 2,1993, the office of Sheriff Patrick J. Canulette informed Revere that it could not release the personnel records of its deputies.

Thereafter, on April 20, 1993, Revere filed an application for writ of mandamus, requesting that the sheriff show cause why the requested documents should not be produced. On April 30, 1993, the trial judge denied Revere’s…