State v. Mejia

Bill of Exception No. 2 was reserved to the trial court’s overruling a motion to suppress the introduction into evidence of the murder weapon. I concur with the majority and with the principles of law they enunciate. Because of the uniqueness of the issue presented I merely expound upon one of those principles.

It is apparently conceded that the defendant was legally arrested near Westwego and properly informed of his constitutional rights at that time. Upon being questioned he told the officers that his pistol (the alleged murder weapon) was in luggage checked at the Greyhound Bus Station in…