Legal Opinion
State v. Washington
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 1991No. 90-KA-1977PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. GULOTTA, Judge Pro Tem.
This appeal arises from a trial court judgment denying a motion to suppress. We affirm.
On April 13, 1990, two New Orleans police officers were motioned to the side of the road by two men at the intersection of North Derbigy and Bayou Road in Orleans Parish. The men claimed that shortly before while pointing a rifle at them, a man threatened to kill them. Based on the victims’ statements to the officers, defendant was found, and brought back to the intersection.
Upon questioning, it was discovered that the men had been in a fight with defendant several days…
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