Legal Opinion
State v. Sewell
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 20, 2005No. 40,768-KWPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
912 So.2d 719 (2005)
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,
v.
Jerome SEWELL, Appellant.
No. 40,768-KW.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
October 20, 2005.
Walter Lee Perkins, Jr., for Appellant.
Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Robert Nicholas Anderson, Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.
Before DREW, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.
WRIT GRANTED, SUPPRESSION REVERSED AND VACATED, REMANDED.
The initial stop (of the vehicle in which defendant Sewell was riding) was lawful, based on the officer's observation of the car straddling the center line of the roadway, which is an obvious violation of La. R.S.…
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