STATE v. RIPTOE

No. 66290.

379 So.2d 252 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Don RIPTOE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion February 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Minor, Indigent Defender Office, Shreveport, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Charles W. Kelly, IV, Asst. Dist. Atty., Shreveport, for plaintiff-respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The ruling of the trial court is reversed. No probable cause having been established at the preliminary examination, the defendant is ordered released from custody immediately without bond.

SUMMERS, C. J., dissents and assigns reasons.

SUMMERS, Chief Justice (dissenting).

I am of the opinion that the trial judge properly found at the preliminary hearing that probable cause existed to hold...

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