State v. Madere

BOUTALL, Judge.

Certain officers of the Louisiana State Police obtained a search warrant for the house and garage of Joseph G. Madere and in execution of the warrant seized 62 slot machines and parts belonging to Madere. The articles seized were stored and application was made to the 29th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. John the Baptist, whence the warrant issued, for a declaratory judgment1 to ascertain whether the machines could be immediately destroyed by the State Police without a court order under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 15:31.2 The *30trial court held that there must be a…