State v. Cowans

Defendant, Lance Cowans, appeals his convictions for possession of between sixty and two thousand pounds of marijuana (count one), and for possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substances (count three). Following the denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence and statements,1 he entered into the guilty plea on April 27, 2017, under the provisions of State v. Crosby , 338 So.2d 584 (La. 1976), reserving his right to appeal the adverse ruling on the motion to suppress.2 For the following reasons, we reverse the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress and enter an…