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STATE v. MELTON

No. 81-K-2946.

412 So.2d 1065 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Roberto MELTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., William Credo, Kerry Hogan, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

Sheldon G. Fernandez, Gretna, for defendant-respondent.

WATSON, Justice.

The issue is whether the trial court erred in suppressing forty Quaaludes seized from the defendant, Roberto Melton.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the only witness was Officer Bobby Hollingsworth of the Gretna Police Department. Hollingsworth, a two year employee assigned to the traffic division, was off duty on the evening of May 4, 1981. When he entered the restroom of Spanky's Disco...

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