STATE v. SIMMS

No. 90-K-0074.

571 So.2d 145 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Perry Leo SIMMS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward James Lopez, for Perry Leo Simms, defendant-applicant.

Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., David Miller, for State of La., plaintiff-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice*.

In defendant's application to review his conviction of second degree murder, the issue which prompted this court's grant of certiorari is whether defendant's confession should have been suppressed as the product of an illegal arrest which was not supported by probable cause.

On the evening of July 31, 1987, Mary Robertson (the twenty-one-year old murder victim) returned home from work at about 10:00 p.m. Shortly...

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