STATE v. ESCOTO

No. 2009-KK-2581.

41 So.3d 1160 (2010)

STATE of Louisiana v. Porfirio ESCOTO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell., Attorney General, Walter P. Reed, District Attorney, Bruce George Dearing, Kathryn W. Landry, Asst. Dist. Attys., for Applicant.

Warren LeDoux Montgomery, for Respondent.


CIACCIO, J.*

We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the search of an unmarked pill bottle during an inventory search of an automobile exceeded the scope of a valid inventory search rendering the recovered evidence inadmissible against the defendant. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that the inventory search in question was a valid, good faith inventory search, and the officers were reasonable in opening the...

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