STATE v. BRADY

No. 90-KK-2415.

585 So.2d 524 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Nona L. BRADY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Valerie A. Welz, for plaintiff-applicant.

Ernest Lee Caulfield, Maurice A. Williams, for defendant-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

The issue before the court in this second degree murder case is whether the murder weapon and the bloody shirt apparently worn by defendant at the time of the stabbing should have been suppressed by the lower courts. We hold that the police officer who seized the evidence had probable cause to open the closet where the evidence was found and that his immediate and limited warrantless search of the closet was reasonable under the circumstances and...

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