Case Name: Mary Ann Ledet SHIELDS v. Richard Barba SHIELDS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1988-02-26
Citations: 520 So. 2d 416
Docket Number: No. 88-CC-0423
Parties: Mary Ann Ledet SHIELDS v. Richard Barba SHIELDS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 520
Pages: 416–416

Head Matter:
Mary Ann Ledet SHIELDS v. Richard Barba SHIELDS.
No. 88-CC-0423.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 26, 1988.

Opinion:
In re Shields, Richard Barba; applying for supervisory and/or remedial writ; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. CW-0085; Parish of Orleans, Civil District Court, Div. "L", No. 87-6715.
Writ granted. The judgments of the courts below are reversed. The content of the tapes may not be introduced into evidence, if the tapes were obtained in violation of La.R.S. 14:322.1(C). The trial court is ordered to conduct an evidentiary hearing and to exclude from evidence any tape obtained in violation of the law and to exclude any psychiatric evaluation which has been influenced by such an inadmissible tape.