FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 042

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 13th day of May, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER :

97-KK- 0707 IN RE: GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - concurring. La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 435 was intended to authorize special meetings of the grand jury on its own initiative, and not to permit the grand jury, rather than the court en banc, to choose the location of the regular sessions.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant and docket.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant and docket.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT DENIED :

97-KK- 1262 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LESTER DUPLESSES (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

On the 14th day of May, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS DENIED :

97-KK- 1270 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DIEGO ZAPATA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 1271 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLEVELAND BELL (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 1275 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLEVELAND BELL (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.