State v. Johnson

| iBARRY, Judge.

The defendant was charged with possession of cocaine, La.R.S. 40:967. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion to suppress and the state seeks review of that ruling. We grant certiorari and reverse.

Facts

New Orleans Police Officer Mark Mumme testified that on September 13, 1994 he received a call that a black male wearing a white T-shirt and blue shorts was carrying a gun. The officers drove to the address of the caller and did not see anyone who fit the description. They proceeded around the corner and observed the defendant on the steps of an abandoned house wearing a…