Court Opinion

ID: 7729284
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 19:41:50.049964+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:27:19.433770
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In re Smith, Bernard; — Defendant; applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court, Div. C, Nos. 408-330; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 99-K-3141.
Granted. The testimony of the alibi witnesses identified by the defendant on December 10 is to be allowed. However, the court is directed to grant a continuance of the trial or a recess during the trial, if the state so requests, in order to permit the state to investigate and interview the proposed witnesses.
JOHNSON, J., not on panel.