Legal Opinion

State v. DeGruy

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 18, 1992No. 92-K-1109PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CIACCIO, Judge.

On the application of the State, we grant certiorari in order to consider the judgment of the trial court granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence.

Defendant, Kenneth DeGruy, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:95.1. He was arraigned and plead not guilty. Defendant filed a motion to suppress an AK-47 assault rifle seized following an investigatory stop. On January 16, 1992, a hearing was held before Judge Miriam Waltzer on the motion to suppress the evidence. Judge Waltzer took the matter under advisement, asking that…

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