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STATE v. RATLIFF

No. 97-K-1054.

700 So.2d 213 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Benton RATLIFF.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

August 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Margaret Hay, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for State/Relator.

Cherrilynne W. Thomas, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Defendant/Respondent.

Before BARRY, KLEES and JONES, JJ.

BARRY, Judge.

The trial court suppressed contraband that was found by police when they frisked the defendant pursuant to an investigatory stop. We grant certiorari to review that ruling. Because there was reasonable suspicion for the stop and a reasonable basis for the officer's frisk of the defendant, we reverse and remand.

Facts

John Carlton, a federal marshall assigned to N.O.P.D., was patrolling...

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