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STATE v. PATRICK

No. 65838.

381 So.2d 501 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lawrence PATRICK.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. DeSalvo, Gretna, for defendant-respondent.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michelle E. Roberts, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator.

PAUL B. LANDRY, Justice ad hoc.

On application of the State of Louisiana (Relator), writs were granted herein to review the pre-trial suppression of evidence (a marijuana cigarette) seized in a warrantless pat-down search of a work-release inmate who was en route back to his detention facility after completion of daily work-release employment. We reverse and remand for trial.

Defendant, a work-release inmate in Orleans Parish, was allowed to act as process...

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