Opinion ID: 2140876
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Remedy is Exclusion of the Statements.

Text: The trial court therefore erred when it enforced the two ex parte subpoenas under the statute. Although we agree with the concurrence below that the error does not require dismissal of the charge, 663 N.E.2d at 1210, we disagree as to the grounds for arriving at this conclusion. Rita's ability to depose the same witnesses under the Trial Rules does not cure the lack of participation in the State-initiated depositions. However, the retrial has not occurred. The appropriate remedy is to exclude the statements given in response to the ex parte subpoenas and permit Rita to depose those witnesses if he wishes. The trial can then go forward with each party aware of the anticipated testimony and with each having the same opportunity to pin the witnesses' stories down before they take the stand.