State v. Smith

ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Defendants, Norman Smith and Gerald Young, were charged with three counts of burglary of an inhabited dwelling, violations of La.R.S. 14:62.2. On December 16, 1991, a hearing was held on the defendants’ motions to suppress confessions and identification. The trial judge, after hearing the testimony of several police officers, granted defendant Young’s motion to suppress the identification.1 The state now complains of this ruling.2

On September 23, 1991, at approximately 9:00 A.M., Officer Michael Melton received a call of a suspicious vehicle matching the description furnished…