Legal Opinion · Dissent
State v. Matthews
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 24, 2014No. 2014-K-1272Published
1DissentLedet, J.
|, The State seeks review of the trial court’s October 16, 2014 denial of the State’s motion to compel testimony under grant of use and derivative use immunity pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. art. 439.1. For the reasons that follow, I would grant the State’s writ application.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On October 12, 2012, a grand jury indictment was issued charging Marquis Mathews and Desmond Lange with the June 22, 2012 second degree murder of Marc Canty. On December 3, 2013, the State moved to sever the defendants for trial. The motion was granted.
On August 13, 2014, the State filed a Memorandum of Law…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- In Re ParkerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- State v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
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