Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Kefall WHITAKER
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1983-04-13
Citations: 431 So. 2d 413
Docket Number: No. 83-KK-0797
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Kefall WHITAKER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 431
Pages: 413–413

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Kefall WHITAKER.
No. 83-KK-0797.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 13, 1983.

Opinion:
In re Kefall Whitaker, applying for emergency supervisory writ and stay order. Nineteenth Judicial District Court, No. 8-82-52. Parish of East Baton Rouge.
Granted. The ruling of the court of appeal is reversed and the ruling of the trial judge is reinstated. The trial judge may instruct the jury, if requested by the state, that "The state attempted to call as witnesses Darren Kent and Melvin Sterling; they refused to testify and were held in contempt of court; the jury is instructed that they shall draw no inference adverse to the state from the failure of Kent and Sterling to testify." The stay order previously ordered is recalled.