STATE v. COOPER

No. 36,472-KA.

830 So.2d 440 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Carroll COOPER, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

October 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louisiana Appellate Project by Amy C. Ellender, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Walter E. May, Jr., District Attorney, Douglas L. Stokes, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART and DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Carroll Cooper pled guilty to possession of crack cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967(C), reserving his right to appeal the adverse ruling on his Motion to Suppress. State v. Crosby, 338 So.2d 584 (La.1976). Although we find the stop justified, and the decision to frisk warranted, we must reverse, concluding from this record that the deputy's post-frisk search of the defendant's pocket, as well as...

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