Legal Opinion

State v. Lopez

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 30, 2000No. 00-KK-0562PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

772 So.2d 90 (2000)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Artemio LOPEZ.

No. 00-KK-0562.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 30, 2000.

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Robert "Rick" Bryant, District Attorney, Frederick Wayne Frey, Counsel for Applicant.

Ronald F. Ware, Lake Charles, Counsel for Respondent.

2Per curiam

At issue in the present case is the seizure of approximately 120 pounds of marijuana from respondent's vehicle after rapid escalation of a routine I-10 traffic stop into a major drug investigation brought about by respondent's extreme nervousness and the conflicting descriptions of their itinerary he and his…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. United States v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Pennsylvania v. LabronSupreme Court of the United States · 1996

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4Cited by31 opinions

  1. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  2. State v. WatersSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  3. State v. BergmannSupreme Court of Iowa · 2001
  4. State v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  5. State v. StrangeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2004

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