STATE v. WILLIS

No. 31,561-KA.

728 So.2d 493 (1999)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Willie WILLIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse H. Goines, Assistant Indigent Defender, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul Carmouche District Attorney, Kia Habisreitinger, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before NORRIS, C.J., and CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

A jury convicted Willie Willis of possession of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967(C). The trial court then imposed a sentence of four years imprisonment at hard labor. On appeal, Willis urges that the evidence of the crack cocaine found in his possession during the investigatory stop and frisk must be suppressed as an unlawful search and seizure. Willis further argues that the trial court failed to adequately...

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