STATE v. HIGHTOWER

No. 52805.

272 So.2d 363 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana v. Gary HIGHTOWER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 22, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sargent Pitcher, Jr., Dist. Atty., Frank J. Gremillion, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.

Fred A. Blanche, III, Woodson T. Callihan, Jr., Baton Rouge, for defendant-respondent.


HAMLIN, Chief Justice.

In the exercise of our supervisory jurisdiction, we granted the State's application for writs in order that we might review the district court's judgment sustaining defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized upon the search of defendant's apartment. Art. VII, Sec. 10, La.Const, of 1921.

On December 8, 1971, D. A. Invest. J. M. Mergen and Dy. W. Ryals swore out an affidavit which recites in part:

"That probable cause does...

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