Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth BROWN
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2014-02-28
Citations: 145 So. 3d 236
Docket Number: No. 2013-KK-2830
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth BROWN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 145
Pages: 236–236

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth BROWN.
No. 2013-KK-2830.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 28, 2014.

Opinion:
HUGHES, J.,
concurring.
Iil concur with the denial of the writ, not because the defendant is engaged in a "fishing expedition," but because the subpoena at issue is not properly to be used as a discovery device.
Far from being a fishing expedition, a dash cam -video may well be the best evidence of the defendant's stop and arrest, and the state may wish to introduce it against the defendant at trial.
But La. C. Cr. P. art. 732 only refers to the production of things "at a hearing or trial." As it appears that no hearing on a motion to suppress or trial date has been set, defendant's request for a subpoena duces tecum is premature.