Case Name: In re GRAND JURY SUBPOENA DIRECTED TO Jacques E. MORIAL
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1997-12-05
Citations: 704 So. 2d 234
Docket Number: No. 97-O-2934
Parties: In re GRAND JURY SUBPOENA DIRECTED TO Jacques E. MORIAL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 704
Pages: 234–235

Head Matter:
In re GRAND JURY SUBPOENA DIRECTED TO Jacques E. MORIAL.
No. 97-O-2934.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 5, 1997.

Opinion:
JOHNSON, Justice.
I would grant the writ pursuant to La.R.S. 18:1511.6. This statute clearly states that it is the responsibility of the Supervisory (Ethics) Committee to forward the results of its investigation to the appropriate district attorney, when a possible violation of the election code has occurred. The facts of this ease show that the Ethics Committee has entered into a Consent Decree with L.I.F.E., thus ending its investigation. Therefore, the District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish lacks authority to initiate its own investigation of a possible violation of the election code.