¶1Granted. The court of appeal’s decision is reversed and the defendant’s conviction and sentence are reinstated. From the testimony at the motion to suppress hearing, the officers had probable cause to search the gas cap compartment after watching the defendant, the target of the narcotics investigation, leave an apartment known for drug activity and place an object in the gas cap compartment. Furthermore, exigent circumstances arising from the detention of the vehicle on the open road excused the lack of a warrant. Pennsylvania v. Labron, 518 U.S. 938, 940, 116 S.Ct. 2485, 2487, 135 L.Ed.2d 1031 (1996); see also State v. Tatum, 466 So.2d 29, 31 (La.1985).
831 So. 2d 904
State v. Corzo
Decided November 8, 2002
Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 2002-11-08
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 2007
2 state decisions
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“exigent circumstances arising from the detention of the vehicle on the open road excused the lack of a warrant.”
quoted by 2 later decisions, including 842 So. 2d 1126 - State v. Morgan, 949 So. 2d 544 - State v. Anderson
Relies on Pennsylvania v. Labron · State v. Tatum
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 2002-11-08
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