684 So. 2d 34 - State v. Veazie’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Officer Todd Chaddick of the Lake Charles Police Department testified that on September 25, 1994, Chaddick was patrolling north Lake Charles in a marked unit. Around 10:30 p.m., the officer saw three individuals standing on the corner of Magnolia Street and O’Brien Street. The officer became suspicious when the three immediately turned and started walking away once they saw the police ear. When Veazie and another gentleman crossed the street, they passed in front of the officer’s unit. The officer testified that as Veazie was walking toward the next intersection, Veazie acted as if he was stretching, throwing something. The officer stated that he clearly saw something 16leave Veazie’s hand and land in a yard. Before stopping the defendant for littering, the officer “stopped the unit, got out, checked the matchbox, hollered at him [the defendant] to stop, that I wanted to talk to him, at which time I opened the matchbox and I saw the two rocks of crack cocaine in there. He never did stop.” Officer Chad-dick called for backup, and when it arrived the officer was able to stop Veazie and place him under arrest. At trial, Chaddick identified the matchbox and two rocks of crack cocaine that he collected from the arrest scene. Also, the officer identified Veazie as the person who had thrown down the matchbox; the officer testified the other man who was with Veazie definitely had not thrown down the matchbox....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 709 So. 2d 992 - State v. Haley