State v. Gauthier

JjDOUCET, Chief Judge.

The Defendant, Joseph Brad Gauthier, seeks review of the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the evidence and statements obtained in the present matter.

At about 2:00 a.m. on January 26, 1998, Officer Jeff Robinson, a Grant Parish police officer, was patrolling in the normal course of his duties, when he passed Maxwell’s Mini-Mart, a convenience store located off Highway 165 in Pollock, in Grant *793Parish. Robinson saw the Defendant sitting in the parking lot in his Ford Ranger truck and pulled in to see what he was doing. The store was closed and was not due to…