Legal Opinion

State v. Clift

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided November 8, 1976No. 57959PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

339 So.2d 755 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Jerald C. CLIFT.

No. 57959.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 8, 1976.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1976.

Mac Allynn J. Achee, Wray & Robinson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., John W. Sinquefield, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

CALOGERO, Justice.

In February of 1974, Jerald Clift was stopped by police near an apartment where a search warrant was being executed and heroin was being seized. Clift was searched and found to be in possession of…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. State v. SaiaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. State v. HaaralaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. State v. BrewingtonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
  3. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
  5. State v. BoydSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978

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