Defense attorneys for top St. James Parish official Blaise Gravois have been denied access to the transcript of the 2016 grand jury proceedings in a long-running malfeasance case that has ensnared him and Parish President Timmy Roussel. In court papers, Gravois' defense attorneys argue that a transcript of the grand jury recording has evidence that might exonerate the St. James' director of operations and that prosecutors already had a pattern of withholding evidence from them.