STATE v. KAERCHER

Nos. 61674, 61675.

362 So.2d 754 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Kenneth B. KAERCHER. STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas W. TIGHE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard V. Burnes, C. F. Gravel, Jr., Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, for defendants-appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Francis Dugas, Dist. Atty., John J. Erny, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Defendants were charged by bills of information with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, a violation of La. R.S. 40:966. A pre-trial motion to suppress the 12,600 pounds of marijuana, urging that the seizure was warrantless, without consent and without the requisite exigent circumstances, was denied after a lengthy hearing. The trial court permitted the defendants to enter guilty pleas to the crime charged with reservation of the...

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