Legal Opinion
State v. Young
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 4, 2002No. 2002-K-1073PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYRNES, Chief Judge.
This Court exercises its supervisory jurisdiction to review the trial court’s ruling that granted the defendant Michael R. Young’s motion to suppress. We reverse and remand.
At the May 13, 2002 hearing on Young’s motion to suppress the evidence, Officer Richard Blackman testified that on January 24, 2002 at approximately 9:35 p.m., he stopped a vehicle on Chef Menteur Highway, when he observed that the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. Although the Officer was behind the vehicle, he testified that he could see the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The officer stated that…
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