Cavalier Writ of Mandamus denied; ADA Holland supplies LSP Trooper York with Dr. Jennifer Forsythe’s grand jury testimony deeming it to “contain exculpatory information bearing directly on Negligent Homicide charge.”

Carl Cavalier addresses friends and supporters soon after 19th JDC Judge Don Johnson denied his Writ of Mandamus filed against the Louisiana State Police Commission.

After a 2 1/2-hour court hearing, Carl Cavalier’s Writ of Mandamus seeking to force the Louisiana State Police Commission (LSPC) to conduct a hearing at which he may obtain his job back was denied by 19th JDC Judge Don Johnson.  Here’s what Cavalier and other courtroom supporters had to say immediately after the hearing:

 
August 7, 2023:  Carl Cavalier and his supporters provide their commentary soon after his court hearing wherein his Writ of Mandamus against the LSPC was dined by 19th JDC Judge Don Johnson.

As we committed to in the video above, here is where anyone can listen to Cavalier’s recorded phone calls with his former attorney, Jill Craft.

Meanwhile, there has been a flurry of filings in the Ronald Greene criminal matter, not the least of which is one by Assistant District Attorney Hugo Holland seeking court approval (which he obtained) to provide LSP Trooper Kory York’s defense attorneys, J. Michael Small and T. Taylor Townsend, with the grand jury testimony of Dr. Jennifer Forsythe.  Holland contends that testimony, “contains exculpatory information bearing directly upon the charge against Defendant (York) for Negligent Homicide.”

At this time, let’s provide a table of all of the recent filings in the Greene criminal matter:

Date of FilingNature of Filing
July 24, 2023Holland's filing for GJ testimony to be provided to Kory York's defense attorneys per Brady v. Maryland
July 24, 2023Motion/Order for State's Response to York's request for Kastigar Hearing to be filed under seal. Note: See material below table for more information on York's request for Kastigar Hearing.
July 27, 2023June 23, 2023 partial transcript entailing testimony pertaining to Union Parish Sheriff Deputy Chris Harpen. See material beneath table.
July 27, 2023Transcript of June 23, 2023 court hearing entailing LSP Lt. John Clary. Note: Clary has applied for Supervisory Writ to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for Louisiana entailing Judge Rogers having denied his Motion to Quash on the one (1) remaining count against Clary.
July 27, 2023Order granting Clary's request to file Supervisory Writ stating that such Writ application should be supplied by 8/31/23.
July 31, 2023Clary Motion for Grand Jury discovery per Brady v. Maryland
August 2, 2023Clary contradictory hearing on request for GJ discovery set for 8/22/23 at 10:30 a.m.

We have already published the nature of York’s request for a Kastigar hearing.  From the preceding feature:

We have already provided extensive detail on why York has requested a Kastigar hearing, and anyone is welcome to read York’s attorneys’ contentions here, but the bottom line is that they indicate that York’s Fifth Amendment Right against Self-Incrimination (made applicable to State matters via the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution) have been violated through inclusion of quotes made by York from an Internal Affairs report dated October 20, 2020 which were incorporated into the Stoughton report which, in turn, as evidenced by the Bills of Particulars, were obviously provided to the Grand Jury.

We were unable to ascertain why Union Parish Sheriff Deputy Chris Harpen’s attorney, Eugene Cicardo, filed the transcript entailing his client into the public record; however, since he did, we believe we’ll supply that segment wherein District Attorney John Belton got his shorts all in a wad about Cicardo’s commentary regarding the state’s obligation to specify just what his client did that formed the basis for the indictments.  Here are the exchanges, including Judge Rogers’ admonition to Belton that he was, “on the verge,” with Belton responding, “on the verge of what?”

Mr. Cicardo:

Be a man, stand up.  Our law says be a — be a prosecutor.

Mr. Belton:

Your Honor, may I address the Court?

The Court:

You may.

Mr. Belton:

Just for the record, I don’t like to be attacked and not be resp — and not give a response.  I’m fifty-nine years old.  I’m not only a man of age.

The Court:

Mr. Belton.  I think –

Mr. Belton:

But — no, no, no, I’m — I — if you don’t mind, Your Honor, can I — can I just for the record?  I’m not — I’m not gonna argue, I just want to clear the Not just fif— a man in age, but I’m also a man I believe in terms of I’ve been doing this job for thirty — I’m in my thirty second year, Your And I have never been so insulted in open court.

The Court:

Mr. Belton, that’s not

Mr. Belton:

But Your Honor, I

The Court:

the time or the

Mr. Belton:

But, Your Honor, if you don’t mind, please —

The Court:

I do.

Mr. Belton:

If there’s an allegation on the record, I’d like to clear my name because —

The Court:

I didn’t hear anything, but just that —

Mr. Belton:

He said, Be a man and be a prosecutor. That’s what I am and he said it in a way that was offensive as if we’re not doing our job. That’s the way it came across and I think anybody in this courtroom can conclude the same thing.

The Court:

Mr. Cicardo —

Mr. Belton:

But Mr. Car- — Mr. Cicardo knows what his client is charged with and why. He and I have had private conversations —

The Court:

This is not argument, Mr. -­

Mr. Belton:

But, Your Honor -­

The Court:

Belton.

Mr. Belton:

it is an argument.

The Court:

Mr. Belton, that’s all.

Mr. Belton:

He opened the door, Your Honor.

The Court:

This is all!

Mr. Belton:

Your Honor, I — Your Honor, please don’t -­

The Court:

You’re — you’re on the verge.

Mr. Belton:

On the verge of what, Your Honor?

The Court:

You know what you’re on the verge of.

Mr. Belton:

Right now I’m being — I’m being very professional, Your Honor.

The Court:

And I’ve asked you to stop and you shall.

Mr. Belton:

After I clear my name.

The Court:

There’s no name to clear. He was just making

Mr. Cicardo:

To the extent that what was -­

Mr. Belton:

But, Your Honor — Your Honor -­

Mr. Cicardo:

— but for the record, to the extent that Mr. Belton was offended or — they were not intended to have any offense toward him personally as a man or anything and I wa – — my comments weren’t made as to raise any offense.

Mr. Belton:

And I accept your apology.

Mr. Cicardo:

And as to that I’ll —

Mr. Belton:

And I accept your apology.  Thank you.

The Court:

All right.  Thank you.

Wow!  All we can say is that, if Cicardo’s words were the most insulting words Belton has ever encountered in a courtroom in all of his 32 years of practicing, then we can only state that he must have been treated with kid glove throughout his entire career!

Well, August 22, 2023 promises to be a huge event entailing the criminal case of the Ronald Greene’s defendants, and we commit to attend and report upon what transpires that day.

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