STATE v. WELLS

No. 23600-KW.

593 So.2d 465 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana, Applicant, v. Thomas WELLS, Respondent.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Howard M. Fish and H.T. Cox, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for applicant.

Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport by David T. Butterfield, for respondent.

Before MARVIN, SEXTON and NORRIS, JJ.


MARVIN, Chief Judge.

Having granted the state's application for a writ to review the trial court ruling upholding Wells's motion to suppress methamphetamine seized from a parked Ford van after a warrantless search, we reverse the trial court and render judgment overruling the motion to suppress and remanding for trial.

Probable cause to search the parked van without a warrant was not enervated by the fact that the police had the van and Wells under surveillance...

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