State v. Francis’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 898 So. 2d 1219 - State v. Higgins · 443 So. 2d 1098 - State v. Trosclair · 418 So. 2d 1326 - State v. Ates
Most-quoted passages
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“"[T]he indispensable secrecy of grand jury proceedings must not be broken except where there is a compelling necessity." State v. Trosclair , 443 So.2d 1098 , 1103 (La.1983). The party seeking disclosure must demonstrate a particularized need that outweighs the need for continued secrecy. Trosclair , 443 So.2d at 1103 . That is, "[h]e must show that, without the material, his case would be greatly prejudiced or that an injustice would be done." State v. Higgins , 03-1980, p. 36 (La. 4/1/05), 898 So.2d 1219 , 1241 (citing Trosclair, 443 So.2d at 1103 ; State v. Ates , 418 So.2d 1326 , 1328-29 (La. 1982) ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he indispensable secrecy of grand jury proceedings must not be broken except where there is a compelling necessity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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