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STATE v. FONTENOT

No. 65773.

383 So.2d 365 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Barbara Gail FONTENOT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Sparks, Jr., Monroe, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lowen B. Loftin, Dist. Atty., William R. Coenen, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DENNIS, Justice.*

In this criminal case we are called upon to decide whether there were exigent circumstances justifying police officers in directing a physician to conduct a warrantless search of a woman's genital canal for narcotics. We conclude that the officers were not confronted with an emergency warranting their failure to obtain a warrant. Under the circumstances of the case, a delay...

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