STATE v. VELA


645 S.W.2d 765 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellant, v. Roy VELA and Roberto Reyna, Appellees.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied February 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Gordon W. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Henry Williams, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for appellant.

Louis P. Chiozza, Jr., Memphis, for Vela.

Gerald F. Easter, Memphis, for Reyna.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court as to Roberto Reyna on February 22, 1983.

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the State, pursuant to Rule 9, T.R.A.P., from a judgment granting a pretrial motion to suppress. The defendants were under indictment for possessing marijuana with intent to sell. The offenses were alleged to have occurred between September 4 and September 6, 1980. Marijuana was seized by police officers...

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