STATE v. RUFFIN

No. 83-K-1698.

448 So.2d 1274 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jimmy RUFFIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Michele Fournet, Frank J. Saia, Director, Georgia Wilemon, Baton Rouge, for defendant-applicant.

Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.


BLANCHE, Justice.

Defendant, Jimmy Ruffin, was charged with receiving a stolen United States Treasury check in the amount of $898.18, in violation of La.R.S. 14:69. Defendant filed a motion to suppress the check and a metal copy of a social security card as products of an illegal search, and also filed a motion to suppress an oral statement and a taped confession given to police as products of an illegal arrest. The trial court denied both motions. Defendant was found...

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