735 So. 2d 935 - State v. Myers’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “Evidence at trial established that the New Orleans Police Department received information over its narcotics hotline that a “cuban male” was selling, crack cocaine at 1118 St. Andrew Street in New Orleans. On 13July 18, 1996, detectives from the narcotics unit set up a surveillance of the house at that address. Detective Keith Fredericks was assigned primary responsibility for the surveillance, and watched the house from a position directly across the street. Detectives Paul. Toye and Joseph Thomas also conducted surveillance from a different location. All three detectives observed a second male arrive at the residence on a bicycle at approximately 8:15 p.m. The second male was wearing a dark T-shirt and jeans, and was later identified as defendant. Defendant entered the residence using a key. . The- detectives did not observe any narcotics activity prior to defendant’s arrival. However, about fifteen minutes after defendant entered the residence, they saw a woman approach the house and knock on the door. Defendant answered the. door and had a conversation .with the woman. She handed him what appeared to be U.S. currency and he retrieved an object from inside the house and handed it to her. The detectives observed two other individuals approach the house and make similar transactions. They did not observe any other males fitting the vague description given by the police dispatcher on the premises at any time during their surveillance. Detectives’ [sic] Toye and Thomas sought ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 888 So. 2d 1002 - State v. Myers

2. “is not spelled out. We feel that its meaning can best be discovered by considering it in association with its accompanying words. In LSA-R.S. 14:31, it is recited that a homicide is committed when the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Myers