Legal Opinion

State v. Platte

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided May 25, 2010No. 2009-KA-1424Published

1Opinion of the Court

JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Chief Judge.

hThe defendant, William Platte, appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress the evidence. Given the testimony adduced at the suppression hearing, the trial court did not err by refusing to suppress the evidence. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the defendant’s conviction and sentence.

STATEMENT OF CASE

The State charged the defendant on May 7, 2009, with one count of possession of codeine, a charge to which he subsequently pled not guilty. On July 23, 2009, after the court heard and denied his motions to suppress the evidence and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. State v. CrosbySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  3. United States v. CrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. State v. HillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
  5. State v. WelchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984

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