STATE v. SMITH

No. 58975.

347 So.2d 1127 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Ulysses SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick C. McGinity, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Brian G. Meissner, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, La.R.S. 40:967, and sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor. He appeals, relying upon a single assignment of error. By it, he complains of the denial of a motion to suppress evidence (the cocaine) as illegally seized.

The sole issue of this appeal concerns the legality of an initial stop of the accused by the police, which subsequently led to the finding...

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