STATE v. BELL

No. 86-KA-1728.

504 So.2d 851 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Minor L. BELL.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael McMahon, Richard Olsen, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellant.

Milton P. Masinter, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.


DIXON, Chief Justice.

Minor Bell was charged with possession of a firearm from which the serial number had been obliterated, without having registered the firearm with the Louisiana Department of Public Safety, in violation of R.S. 40:1785. Defendant entered an oral motion to quash alleging the impossibility of registering a weapon which has had its serial number obliterated. He further alleged that any attempt to do so would have resulted in his arrest and thus would...

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