State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
421 So.2d 874 (1982)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Melvin J. WILLIAMS.
No. 82-K-0084.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 18, 1982.
Rehearing Denied November 19, 1982.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Nancy Sharpe, Louise S. Korns, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.
Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
CALOGERO, Justice.
The matter presented in this appeal is whether a weapon seizure made during an investigatory stop was legal. That legality, in turn, rests upon whether at the time of…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. CrosbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- State v. SaiaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- State v. EdsallSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- State v. WadeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
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