STATE v. OLIDGE

No. 89-KA-0692.

575 So.2d 400 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lawrence OLIDGE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Charmagne Ann Padua, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff, appellee.

M. Craig Colwart, O.I.D.P., New Orleans, for defendant, appellant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and LOBRANO and BECKER, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of possessing at least 28 but less than 200 grams of cocaine in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967(F)(1)(a) and sentenced to thirty years.

At about 6:30 p.m. on February 28, 1987 Trooper Stanford was driving his patrol car on Interstate 10 in New Orleans when he saw an automobile speeding and swerving erratically. He thought the driver might be intoxicated. He pulled the vehicle onto the shoulder approaching the Carrollton...

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