Legal Opinion
State v. Lewis
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 27, 2013No. 12-KA-902PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN J. MOLAISON, JR., Judge.
[ 2Pefendant, Arthur C. Lewis, appeals his conviction of possession of cocaine. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On April 23, 2012, Corporal Joseph Amadeo and Sergeant Roy Jacob of the Causeway Police Department stopped defendant, Arthur C. Lewis, after observing him commit numerous traffic violations. The officers attempted to handcuff defendant for safety reasons in order to question him; however, he physically and verbally resisted them and was arrested. A search of defendant’s person yielded a small clear plastic cellophane…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- State v. BeltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- State v. LegerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2006
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3Cited by21 opinions
- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
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- State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
- State v. MurphyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
- State v. RiveraLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2014
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