Legal Opinion

State v. Smith

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 8, 1985No. 84-KA-662PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GAUDIN, Judge.

Calvin B. Smith was convicted of receiving stolen things valued at more than $500.00, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:69, by a six-person jury in the 23rd Judicial District Court. He was sentenced to five years at hard labor and fined $500.00 plus court costs. In default of not paying the fine, he was given an additional six months’ imprisonment.

Smith’s assignments of error are (1) that the trial judge erred in not quashing the search warrants and suppressing evidence seized thereunder, (2) that the guilty verdict was contrary to the evidence and (3) that the imposed sentence was…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. State v. SepulvadoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
  4. State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  5. United States v. Robert Leonard LucarzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
  2. State v. SmithLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  3. State of Louisiana v. Lamantraes WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016

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