Legal Opinion

State v. Simms

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided December 3, 1990No. 90-K-0074PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

571 So.2d 145 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Perry Leo SIMMS.

No. 90-K-0074.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 3, 1990.

Edward James Lopez, for Perry Leo Simms, defendant-applicant.

Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., David Miller, for State of La., plaintiff-respondent.

LEMMON, Justice[*].

In defendant's application to review his conviction of second degree murder, the issue which prompted this court's grant of certiorari is whether defendant's confession should have been suppressed as the product of an illegal arrest which was not supported by probable cause.

On the evening of July 31, 1987, Mary…

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. State v. FisherSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  2. State v. AllenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996
  3. Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  4. State v. JonesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
  5. State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002

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