Legal Opinion

State v. Wilson

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 29, 2011No. 11-KA-575PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, Judge.

|2In this criminal proceeding, defendant/appellant, Joseph Wilson, appeals his possession of cocaine conviction and his enhanced habitual offender 10-year hard labor sentence without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. 1 Mr. Wilson assigns two errors: (1) The trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence. (2) The trial court imposed an excessive sentence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Procedural History

Mr. Wilson was charged by bill of information with possession of cocaine, La.R.S. 40:967(C), allegedly occurring on October…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. State v. OliveauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  3. State v. WeilandLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
  4. State v. HillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  5. State v. JacksonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2005

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. GantLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2016

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