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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