VALE v. LOUISIANA

No. 727.

399 U.S. 30 (1970)

VALE v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eberhard P. Deutsch, by appointment of the Court, 396 U.S. 883, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Rene H. Himel, Jr.

Louise Korns argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, and Jim Garrison.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant, Donald Vale, was convicted in a Louisiana court on a charge of possessing heroin and was sentenced as a multiple offender to 15 years' imprisonment at hard labor. The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, rejecting the claim that evidence introduced at the trial was the product of an unlawful search and seizure. 252 La. 1056, 215 So.2d...

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