Case ID: so2d_819/html/1028-04.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      WEIMER, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Matthew MORRELL.
    No. 2002-KK-1799.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    July 3, 2002.
   In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. H, Nos. 426-807, 426-788; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2002-K-1167.

Denied.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

WEIMER, J.,

would grant a stay and consider the merits of the application in due course, believing that the trial court made a credibility determination with respect to the officers’ testimony that the defendant was speeding. The defendant’s conduct in exceeding the speed limit justified the stop, and the ensuing seizure of the contraband was justified because the marijuana smell emanating from the vehicle justified the further search.