Legal Opinion

State v. Miskell

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 8, 1998No. 98-K-1470PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

I í MURRAY, Judge.

Relator, Lee Miskell, requests this Court to exercise its supervisory jurisdiction and reverse the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. For the following reasons, we reverse the district court’s judgment, and grant relator’s motion to suppress.

FACTS

At the hearing on the motion to suppress Detective Michael Harrison testified that he arrested the relator, Lee Miskell, in August of 1997. The circumstances surrounding the arrest were as follows: Detective Harrison received information from a confidential informant that an older black gentleman identified…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Richards v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Wilson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. State v. ThorsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  5. State v. ThomasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. MiskellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999

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