STATE v. HILLS

No. 53483.

283 So.2d 220 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Arthur HILLS and Leroy Smith, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen C. Hope, Jr., Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendants were convicted of simple burglary, La.R.S. 14:62, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. The principal issue raised by their appeal relates to denial of their motion to suppress certain evidence as unconstitutionally seized.

The apartment of Mrs. Doris Williams was burglarized during the early evening hours of December 22, 1972. Two television sets, a radio, a phonograph, and other property were stolen. Mrs. Williams...

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