State v. Balser

COLE, Judge.

The issue presented is whether or not an unreasonable search of defendant was conducted by prison personnel when defendant sought to visit her inmate son at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Unreasonable searches and seizures are prohibited by the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The right of privacy is protected also by Article 1, Section 5, of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974.

Defendant, Pearl Balser, was charged by grand jury indictment with introducing contraband into the grounds of a correctional institution in violation of R.S. 14:402.…