Legal Opinion
State v. Skipper
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 11, 1994No. 92-KA-2357PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LANDRIEU, Judge.
Defendants, Rusty 0. Skipper and Leonard C. Fant, were charged by bill of information with possession of cocaine, a violation of La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 40:967 (West 1992). Both Skipper and Fant pleaded not guilty. Skipper filed a motion to suppress the evidence, and it was continued several times. Although the record discloses that the motion was dismissed, no hearing was apparently ever held.1 The defendants’ motions for separate trials were granted.
When Skipper’s jury retired to deliberate, counsel for Fant moved to suppress the evidence in his case. A hearing was held on the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- State v. CrosbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. BeltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- State v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. StevensLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- State v. TraylorLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
- State v. RobinsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001