What next, now that a judge has agreed to let lawyers for Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill subpoena New Orleans officials for information related to the grand jury investigation that resulted in her criminal indictment?
"There are rules of secrecy that shroud grand jury indictments," said New Orleans Metro Crime Commission President Rafael Goyeneche.
Goyeneche says that won't make it easy for Murrill's defense, but some of what they seek, like when and why Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams recused himself, should be public record. But Goyeneche expects demands for information from special prosecutor Laurie White to be met with legal resistance.
"What can be anticipated is the special prosector will file a motion to quash the subpoenas that were issued by Liz Murrill's defense team," Goyeneche said. "The judge that's presiding over this is going to have to rule on the potential motion to quash filed by the special counsel and by the district attorney."
Goyeneche says it is going to take a good bit of back and forth before it gets resolved.
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