Legal Opinion

State v. Charpentier

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 7, 2012No. 11-953Published

1Opinion of the Court

COOKS, Judge.

| defendant appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress illegally seized evidence.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On November 4, 2009, deputies with the Iberia Parish Sheriffs Office received a tip *88from an anonymous caller that a person was in possession of a firearm. After several attempts to locate the “suspicious person with a firearm,” the deputies eventually saw a vehicle- fitting the description given by the complainant. While driving toward the vehicle, the deputies observed a person remove a rifle from the vehicle he had been driving and place it in the trunk…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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