Case ID: so2d_936/html/0186-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "JOHNSON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. Stacey Lynette HUGHES.
    No. 2006-KK-2163.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Aug. 30, 2006.
   In re Hughes, Stacey Lynette; — Defendant; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Rapides, 9th Judicial District Court Div. B, No. 279790; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. KW 06-00865.

Denied.

JOHNSON, J.,

would grant the writ application. I would reverse the rulings of the court of appeal and the trial court and grant the defendant’s motion to suppress. While the police officer had probable cause for this investigatory stop, when it became clear that the driver of the vehicle and the passenger had no outstanding warrants, there was no probable cause for the search of the vehicle.