State v. Jenkins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
hPER CURIAM:
Granted. The ruling of the trial court on the defendant’s motion to suppress, and the court of appeal’s decision affirming that order, are reversed, and this case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings. It clearly appears from the affidavit in support of the warrant application that the officers possessed not only reasonable suspicion to detain, but also probable cause to arrest, the woman they observed leaving the targeted premises after conducting a hand-to-hand exchange of money for an object in an apparent drug transaction on the front porch of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Lafayette ReddrickCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- State v. TongSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- State v. SterlingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- State v. VoelkelLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
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