STATE v. DOUCET

No. 82-K-1057.

420 So.2d 953 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Mark DOUCET.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Kay Kirkpatrick, Glen Petersen, Asst. Dist. Attys., for relator.

Philip N. Burt, Baton Rouge, for respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the trial court's suppression of a controlled dangerous substance found by two policemen when they conducted a full search of defendant's person after stopping his vehicle and arresting him for driving while intoxicated.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, conducted 13 months after the offense, the two police officers were the only witnesses at the hearing.1 Both Officer McClain...

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