STATE v. SMITH

No. 2020-K-0039.

294 So.3d 1073 (2020)

STATE of Louisiana v. Calvin SMITH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 8, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Cannizzaro , District Attorney, Scott G. Vincent , Assistant District Attorney, ORLEANS PARISH, 619 S. White Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119, COUNSEL FOR THE STATE/RELATOR.

Sarah Mae Jennings , 2601 Tulane Avenue, Suite 700, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119, Giacomo Castrogiovanni , 935 Gravier Street, Suite 840, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT.

(Court composed of Judge Terri F. Love, Judge Roland L. Belsome, Judge Regina Bartholomew-Woods).


Relator, the State of Louisiana, seeks supervisory review of the district court's January 3, 2020 ruling finding probable cause and granting Defendant's motion to suppress evidence. For the foregoing reasons, we grant the writ and reverse the district court.

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