STATE v. MENA

Nos. 80-K-1506, 80-K-2297 and 80-KA-2636.

399 So.2d 149 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Rick MENA. STATE of Louisiana v. Robert THRIFT. STATE of Louisiana v. Jennifer KNIGHT and Mary Cook.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion April 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-relator in No. 80-K-1506, for plaintiff-respondent in No. 80-K-2297, and for plaintiff-appellee in No. 80-KA-2636.

Patrick J. Fanning, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee, in No. 80-KA-2636.

Frederick J. King, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-respondent in No. 80-K-1506, defendant-relator in No. 80-K-2297 and defendant-appellant in No. 80-KA-2636.


MARCUS, Justice.*

Rick Mena was charged by bill of information with possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of La.R.S. 40:967. His motion to suppress was granted by the trial judge (Judge Frank A. Marullo, Jr.). Upon the state's application, we granted a writ under our supervisory jurisdiction to review the correctness of that ruling.1

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