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STATE v. WILSON

No. 67216.

388 So.2d 744 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Glyn A. WILSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Lawrence, Gerdes, Valteau & Cade, New Orleans, for defendant-relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Douglas Friederichsen, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

The question here is whether the police can stop an automobile, being properly driven on a public highway, solely because the automobile bears a Louisiana license plate and an out-of-state inspection sticker. As a result of such a stop, the defendant, Glyn Wilson, was charged with violating R.S. 14:95.1, which makes it a crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm. The defendant moved to suppress the evidence obtained from the stop. After...

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