Legal Opinion

State v. Murphy

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 24, 2009No. 09-KA-432PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALTER J. ROTHSCHILD, Judge.

|2Pefendant was charged with possession of clonazepam, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:969 C, and pled not guilty at his arraignment. Defendant’s motion to suppress was denied by the trial court and defendant was tried by a six-person jury which found defendant guilty as charged. Thereafter, the trial court sentenced defendant to four years at hard labor. 1 Defendant now appeals on the basis of two assignments of error.

Evidence presented at trial revealed the following:

Detective Leon James testified he is assigned to the Street Crimes Unit of the Jefferson Parish…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Old Chief v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  4. State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  5. State v. PrieurSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. BroomeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
  2. State v. MurphyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2010
  3. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  4. State v. MerrillLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
  5. State of Louisiana v. Chad DurhamLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2021

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