STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 80-K-2840.

398 So.2d 1112 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. David WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., David J. Cortes & Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

Morris Hyman, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.*

Defendant, David Williams, was charged by bill of information with possession of pentazocine, La.R.S. 40:969, and moved to suppress evidence. After a hearing, the trial judge granted defendant's motion without stating reasons. We granted the state's application for writs and now reverse the ruling of the trial judge.

The only evidence educed at the motion to suppress hearing was the testimony of the two arresting...

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