State v. Lawson

HAMITER, Justice.

The defendant herein, John B. Lawson, was accused of the crime of possession of barbiturates in violation of LRS 40:1031 et seq. He filed a motion to suppress certain evidence which the state intended to use in the prosecution of the alleged offense. Following a hearing the motion was sustained.

We granted a writ of certiorari (255 La. 343, 230 So.2d 836) on the showing by the state that: “On December 18, 1969 Officers Jones and Jackson of the New Orleans Police Department, in response to a summons over their police radio, were proceeding to the scene of an armed robbery in a…