Legal Opinion
State v. Morales
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 18, 2012No. 12-KA-454PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.
|2On appeal, defendant challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. For the following reasons, we affirm.
*1144 Procedural history
On February 13, 2012, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney filed a bill of information charging defendant, Cesar Morales, with possession of cocaine, in violation of La. R.S. 40:967(C). Trial of the matter occurred on May 2, 2012, wherein the six-person jury found him guilty as charged.
After waiving statutory delays, the trial judge sentenced defendant to two years imprisonment with the Department of Corrections,1…
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- State v. BeltonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
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