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STATE v. DESILVA

No. 2009-KA-0116.

16 So.3d 1186 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana v. Chawn M. DESILVA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 22, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney, Donna Andrieu, Assistant District Attorney/Chief of Appeals, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Michael H. Idoyaga, Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Appellant, Chawn M. Desilva.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).

MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

On 15 November 2007, the defendant, Chawn M. Desilva ("Desilva" or "the defendant"),1 was charged with possession of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967 C(2). On 25 January 2008, he entered a plea of not guilty. On 19 March 2008, the district court denied Desilva's motion to suppress the evidence and found probable cause to hold him for trial. On 30 April 2008, following a bench trial that the defendant himself...

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