Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Darrell NEDD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2013-05-12
Citations: 126 So. 3d 1270
Docket Number: No. 2013-KK-1068
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Darrell NEDD.
Judges: JOHNSON, C.J., and WEIMER and HUGHES, JJ., would deny the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 126
Pages: 1270–1270

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Darrell NEDD.
No. 2013-KK-1068.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 12, 2013.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. A, No. 511-450; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2013-K-0590.
Writ Granted. The Trial Court's ruling granting the defendant's subpoena duces tecum is hereby reversed. Compelled disclosure of the documents requested by the defendant would effectively reveal the identity of the State's confidential informant, thereby impermissibly intruding upon the State's "privilege to refuse to disclose, and to protect another from required disclosure of, the identity of a person who has furnished information in order to assist in investigation of a possible violation of a criminal law." La. Code Evid. art. 514(A).
JOHNSON, C.J., and WEIMER and HUGHES, JJ., would deny the writ.