STATE v. MENA

No. 57653.

344 So.2d 357 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alejandro MENA et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion April 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Caruso, Alford & Caruso, New Orleans, for defendants-respondents.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., George S. Ingalls, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.


MARCUS, Justice.

Alejandro G. Mena, Jose G. Mena, and Gustave S. Mena were charged by bill of information with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. La.R.S. 40:966(A)(1); La.R.S. 40:964(C)(10). Defendants filed a motion to suppress the marijuana seized, which the trial judge, following a hearing on the motion, sustained. We granted the state's application for certiorari.

On June 17, 1975, Detective Emmett Dupas of the New Orleans Police Department...

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