Case ID: so2d_318/html/0040-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "DIXON and CALOGERO, JJ.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Barbara Jean SHEPPARD.
    No. 56832.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Sept. 10, 1975.
   In re: Barbara Jean Sheppard applying for Writs of Certiorari, Prohibition and Mandamus and Stay Order.

Writ denied. There is no abuse of discretion in the ruling of the trial judge.

DIXON and CALOGERO, JJ.

are of the opinion that the ruling of the trial judge granting the continuance to the State was an abuse of discretion. The State cannot summons the defendant to testify; defendant’s counsel can waive defendant’s right to be present.