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401 So. 2d 966

State v. Bible

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided August 4, 1981

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1981-08-04

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently October 1984

2 state decisions

Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · United States v. Chadwick

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Decided 1981-08-04

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DENNIS, Justice,

¶1dissenting.

¶2I respectfully dissent, La., 389 So.2d 42.

¶3The information received from the confidential informant failed to meet the standards for trustworthiness laid down by the United States Supreme Court in Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108, 84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723 (1964) and Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637 (1969). Thus, the initial seizure of the defendant was unconstitutional. Moreover, even if the seizure were proper, the search of the suitcase without a warrant was unlawful in light of United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1, 97 S.Ct. 2476, 53 L.Ed.2d 538 (1977).

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