Legal Opinion
State v. Butler
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 17, 2013No. 2012-K-2359PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
| /Writ granted. The decision of the court of appeal is reversed and this case is remanded for consideration of errors pre-termitted on original appeal.
In reversing defendant’s conviction and sentence for simple possession of cocaine in violation of La.R.S. 40:967(C), State v. Butler, 11-0985 (La.App. 4 Cir. 10/3/12), 101 So.3d 121, the court of appeal conducted a multi-tiered analysis of circumstances during which, at the approach of a three-unit police caravan, a SUV with illegally tinted windows sped away from curbside. Meanwhile, defendant, who had been leaning inside the passenger window…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Atwater v. City of Lago VistaSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by25 opinions
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