DIXON, Chief Justice.
Donald Reed Brown was convicted of armed robbery (R.S. 14:64) and sentenced to fifty years at hard labor. In this appeal he complains that his warrantless arrest in his home was constitutionally deficient and tainted both the line-up which immediately followed the arrest and the subsequent in-court identification by the victim.
We hold that: "unless special circumstances are present, warrantless arrests in...
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