Legal Opinion
State v. Winesberry
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1970No. 50447PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARHAM, Justice.
The defendant was charged in a bill of information with the possession of a narcotic drug, a crime defined by R.S. 40:962(A). The district judge after a hearing sustained a motion to suppress evidence (a marijuana cigarette and gleanings of marijuana), and the State, having reserved and perfected a bill of exception to this ruling, sought certiorari, which we granted.
On December 26, 1969, at about 8:45 p. m. two members of the New Orleans Police Department were cruising in a marked police unit in the 3100 block of St. Thomas Street in New Orleans. They noted two men (one of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- George Trujillo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1961
- Mary Helen Burton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. ChopinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- State v. SaiaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- State v. MonkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- State v. FauriaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
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