STATE v. MARTIN

No. 2011-K-0082.

79 So.3d 951 (2011)

STATE of Louisiana v. Terrance A. MARTIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell , Atty. Gen., John F. DeRosier , Dist. Atty., Carla Sue Sigler , Asst. Dist. Atty., for Applicant.

Louisiana Appellate Project, Paula Corley Marx , William Jarred Franklin, Sr. , for Respondent.


CLARK, Justice.

We granted a writ to consider whether the defendant was seized when a police officer asked for his identification in order to check for outstanding warrants, and then asked the defendant if he had anything illegal on his person while retaining the defendant's identification. Under the scant facts presented here, we find there was nothing in the conduct of the officer which decisively changed the consensual nature of the officer's brief encounter with...

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