Case Name: In re GRAND JURY. Clyde Charles v. Joseph Waitz, Jr. and the Office of the District Attorney for the Thirty Second Judicial District Court
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2000-05-31
Citations: 762 So. 2d 632
Docket Number: No. 2000-KK-1523
Parties: In re GRAND JURY. Clyde Charles v. Joseph Waitz, Jr. and the Office of the District Attorney for the Thirty Second Judicial District Court.
Judges: VICTORY, J., not on panel.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 762
Pages: 632–633

Head Matter:
In re GRAND JURY. Clyde Charles v. Joseph Waitz, Jr. and the Office of the District Attorney for the Thirty Second Judicial District Court.
No. 2000-KK-1523.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 31, 2000.
Rehearing Denied May 31, 2000.

Opinion:
In re Waitz, Joseph Jr. D.A. et al.; Thirty Second Judicial District Court; — Defen dant(s); Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Terrebonne, 32nd Judicial District Court Div. D, No. 345943; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 00 CW 1124.
Writ granted; court of appeal order reversed and vacated; trial court judgment reinstated. The Court of Appeal, First Circuit, erred as a matter of law in granting Mr. Clyde Charles' writ application. The subject matter of the civil suit, civil damages for refusal to turn over DNA material, is unrelated to this grand jury investigation. Also, the witness is not a target of the grand jury investigation. Moreover, the record does not support a finding that Clyde Charles proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the district attorney had a personal interest in the cause or grand jury proceeding that conflicts with the fair and impartial administration of justice. Lee La. Code Crim.P. art. 680(1).
VICTORY, J., not on panel.
JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ. The court of appeal reached the correct result.