STATE v. OBRAN

No. KA-4395.

496 So.2d 1132 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Carlos R. OBRAN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael E. McMahon, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chris Toensing, Law Clerk, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Lawrence J. Boasso, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before WARD, ARMSTRONG and HUFFT, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

Carlos Obran appeals his conviction for violating La.R.S. 14:95.1 which prohibits convicted felons from possessing firearms. We affirm.

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on April 21, 1984, a patrolling New Orleans Police Department officer observed Obran driving a vehicle on the wrong side of a divided street at a speed in excess of the speed limit. The officer pulled his car off the street to avoid a collision with the errant vehicle, then turned and...

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