STATE v. DUPLESSIS

No. 65903.

391 So.2d 1116 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Raymond DUPLESSIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1980.

Dissenting Opinion December 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Sheila C. Myers, Victor Ortiz, James Kevin McNary, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Orleans Indigent Defender Program, Paul Katz, Clyde Merritt, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Early in the morning of May 18, 1979, New Orleans city police received an anonymous telephone call stating that a tall black male wearing cream colored pants and holding a brown leather case was carrying a concealed weapon. The suspect was said to be in the vicinity of the 1400 block of North Claiborne Avenue. This information was broadcast on the police radio. Two officers of the city police proceeded to the designated location and observed...

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