STATE v. UMEZULIKE

No. 02-1165.

843 So.2d 614 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ifiany Obrinna UMEZULIKE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester J. Gauthier, Jr., Lafayette, LA, for Defendant/Applicant, Ifiany Obrinna Umezulike.

Michael Harson, District Attorney, Lafayette, LA, Janet M. Menard, New Iberia, LA, for Plaintiff/Respondent, State of Louisiana.

Court composed of NED E. DOUCET, JR., C.J., ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX, and ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, Judges.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

The Defendant, Ifiany O. Umezulike, challenges the constitutionality of La.R.S. 13:716(B)(1), which authorizes the commissioner of the Fifteenth Judicial District to sign search warrants. He entreats us to reverse the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress and exclude the admission of evidence seized pursuant to the search warrant.

On January 28, 2000, Commissioner Diana Simon of the Fifteenth Judicial District issued a search warrant...

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