STATE v. GREEN

No. 17640-KW.

482 So.2d 930 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent, v. Alvin Y. GREEN, Jr., Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culpepper, Teat, Caldwell & Avery by Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, John C. Blake, Dist. Atty. by John Michael Ruddick, Asst. Dist. Atty., Haynesville, for respondent.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and NORRIS, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

We granted a writ in this matter to consider the defendant Green's contention that the trial judge erred in denying a motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a warrantless search of his automobile.

On the night of April 2, 1985 Green was stopped for speeding by Trooper Campbell in a rural area south of Homer. Detecting an odor of alcohol and observing that Green appeared to be unsteady on his feet, the officer administered...

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