State v. Bush

1 iGranted; stay lifted. The ruling of the trial court granting the motion to suppress and finding no probable cause is reversed and this case is remanded for further proceedings.

Although the narcotics officer did not actually see an object being passed between defendant and - another individual *396who had just driven into the parking lot where the officer had made numerous drug arrests, under the totality of the circumstances, the officer still held a reasonable belief that a hand-to-hand drug transaction occurred. See State v. Fearheiley, 08-0307, pp. 1-3 (La.4/18/08), 979 So.2d 487, 488-489…