STATE v. SPARKS

No. 92-K-0159.

594 So.2d 933 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Terrance L. SPARKS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Robyn C. Gulledge, Erin M. Casey, Law Clerk, New Orleans, for relator.

Donald O. Pinkston, New Orleans, for respondent.

Before BARRY and WARD, JJ., and GULOTTA, J. Pro Tem.


BARRY, Judge.

The State seeks relief from the trial court's preliminary hearing ruling which grants the defendant's motion to suppress evidence. The ruling is apparently based on a determination that the arresting officer lacked probable cause to chase and detain the defendant prior to seeing crack cocaine in his mouth. The defendant did not comply with this Court's request for a response to the application. The trial court's oral reasons merely state "[t]oo thin...

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