STATE v. KNOWLES

No. K 3187.

472 So.2d 54 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leonard KNOWLES, III.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Terry M. Boudreaux, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for the State.

Maurice Friedman, New Orleans, for respondent.

Before REDMANN, C.J., and GULOTTA and WILLIAMS, JJ.


REDMANN, Chief Judge.

We granted certiorari to review and we now reverse a suppression of evidence seized during a search authorized by warrant. The trial judge suppressed because "there was no corroboration of the confidential informant's information in [the application for] the search warrant."

The application represents that affiant, a New Orleans police officer, was contacted by a confidential informant "who has...

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