Opinion
2024 CW 0425
07-26-2024
LUKE J. GREZAFFI v. PAUL BRYAN CARROLL AND MIKKI GREMILLION CARROLL
Parish of Pointe Coupee, applying for supervisory writs, 18th Judicial District Court, Parish of Pointe Coupee, No. 49886.
BEFORE: WOLFE, MILLER, AND GREENE, JJ.
WRIT GRANTED. The transcript of the previous trial in this matter constitutes hearsay, as it consists of testimony of witnesses at another hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted. La. Code Evid. art. 801. Upon a proper foundation, portions of the transcript may be admissible for testimony of a witness who is unavailable pursuant to La. Code Evid. art. 804(B)(1) and/or for impeachment purposes. Accordingly, the portion of the trial court's April 10, 2024 judgment which granted the motion in limine filed by plaintiff, Luke J. Grezaffi, is reversed, and that motion is denied. The portion of the trial court's April 10, 2024 judgment which denied the motion in limine filed by defendant, Parish of Pointe Coupee, is reversed, and that motion in limine is granted, to exclude the transcript of the prior trial from admission into evidence at the trial of this matter, subject to portions of the transcript being subject to admission, upon proper foundation, as an exception to hearsay pursuant to La. Code Evid. art. 804(B) (1) and/or for purposes of impeachment.
EW
HG
Miller, J., concurs.