State v. Bienvenu

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Bienvenu appeals from a conviction of possession of marijuana, La. R.S. 40:962, for which he was sentenced to one year in the Lafayette parish prison. The defendant relies on his three perfected bills of exceptions.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1

The first and most serious bill of exceptions was taken to the trial court’s overruling a motion to suppress the drugs seized at the defendant’s premises. The evidence is alleged to be inadmissible because seized under an illegally issued search warrant.

The two principal grounds urged as the alleged illegality of the search are:…