State v. Pitts

The defendant, Emma Jewell Pitts, appeals her jury conviction of attempting to introduce contraband into a correctional institution in violation of La.R.S. 14:402 for which she was sentenced to serve three years in the State Penitentiary. On appeal, the defendant relies upon three bills of exceptions reserved and perfected during her trial.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 alleges the trial court erred when it refused to sustain a motion to quash and a motion to suppress evidence. The defendant maintains the seizure of the CNS drugs was unlawful in that there was no probable cause for the search, and…