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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 82-K-1284.

422 So.2d 1125 (1982)

STATE of Louisiana v. Thomas JOHNSON and Daniel B. Lomax.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., John Craft, Michael Simpson, Asst. Dist. Attys., for relator.

J.C. Lawrence, Gerdes, Valteau & Cade, New Orleans, for respondents.

CALOGERO, Justice.

Should the trial judge have suppressed four tablets of diazepam (Valium) and a .38 caliber revolver seized by police officers incident to a warrantless arrest of Daniel B. Lomax for carrying a concealed weapon? Did the officers have probable cause to believe that Lomax had just committed the crime of carrying a concealed weapon so as to justify his arrest?

We granted the state's application to review an adverse trial court ruling and to...

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