STATE v. GIBSON

No. 66657.

391 So.2d 421 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Freddie J. GIBSON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Patrick C. Leitz, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert L. Marrero, Gretna, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.

We are called upon to decide when this Court may regard as harmless error the introduction in a criminal trial of evidence obtained by an unreasonable search or seizure. Defendant, Freddie Gibson, Jr., was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced as a multiple offender to serve fifty years at hard labor. Despite defendant's motion to suppress and timely objection at trial, the prosecution was permitted to introduce an unlawfully seized coat which...

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