STATE v. WINESBERRY

No. 50447.

237 So.2d 364 (1970)

256 La. 523

STATE of Louisiana v. Larry WINESBERRY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., William P. Schuler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, John E. Unsworth, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

H. W. O'Brien, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


BARHAM, Justice.

The defendant was charged in a bill of information with the possession of a narcotic drug, a crime defined by R.S. 40:962(A). The district judge after a hearing sustained a motion to suppress evidence (a marijuana cigarette and gleanings of marijuana), and the State, having reserved and perfected a bill of exception to this ruling, sought certiorari, which we granted.

On December 26, 1969, at about 8:45 p. m. two members of the New Orleans...

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