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373 So. 2d 521

State ex rel. Burt v. Blackburn

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided June 15, 1979

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1979-06-15

Decided 1979-06-15

¶1In re Richard Burt, applying for writs of habeas corpus, certiorari prohibition, and mandamus. Jefferson Parish. 77-165.

¶2Writ granted. A new trial is ordered on the motion to return applicant’s property. The applicant (possessor) is entitled to the property unless the state can show it is the property of others, or that it is contraband. See R.S. 15:41.

SUMMERS, C. J., dissents from the order. There is no showing to warrant the exercise of this Court’s jurisdiction.
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