STATE v. AUGUSTINE

No. K-1955.

449 So.2d 78 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Michael AUGUSTINE, Thomas Estrada and Fernando Munoz.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied May 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Donald DeGabrielle, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for relator.

David F. Craig, Jr., Milton P. Masinter, New Orleans, for respondents.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and SCHOTT and LOBRANO, JJ.


LOBRANO, Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on a writ of certiorari sought by the State in response to the trial court's granting of defendants' motion to suppress. We granted the State's application and now reverse the trial court's decision for the following reasons.

The facts are as follows. On the morning of December 20, 1983 Officer Edmond Melder received information from a confidential informant who stated that he had purchased cocaine from an...

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