STATE v. SCOTT

No. 81-KA-2036.

412 So.2d 988 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alfred SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Clifford R. Strider, IV, and Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Paul A. Tabary, III, of Sapir & Belknap, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


DENNIS, Justice.*

In this street encounter case, defendant Alfred Scott, a black New Orleans sanitation department employee, contends that his conviction of possessing a firearm as a felon, La.R.S. 14:95.1, and his sentence of three years at hard labor were based on an unconstitutional search and seizure. After his unsuccessful motion to suppress the weapon, which was discovered on his person by a policeman during a street encounter, defendant...

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