STATE v. CASILLAS

No. 80-K-1564.

393 So.2d 694 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jose F. CASILLAS

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Leon A. Cannizzaro, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-relator.

Michael L. Karmazin, for defendant-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.*

The only issue presently before the court in this case is the correctness of the trial court's judgment ordering suppression of the marijuana seized from defendant's truck by two police officers.1

On May 20, 1980 Officers Jacobs and Norton were conducting a routine traffic check at a busy intersection. As defendant approached in a pickup truck, Officer Norton noticed that the truck...

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