Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Raymond GIRTLEY
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2015-07-06
Citations: 172 So. 3d 1098
Docket Number: No. 2015-KK-1296
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Raymond GIRTLEY.
Judges: HUGHES, J., would deny.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 172
Pages: 1098–1098

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Raymond GIRTLEY.
No. 2015-KK-1296.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 6, 2015.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; — Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. A, No. 524-400; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2015-K-0632.
Stay recalled. Writ granted. The ruling of the District Court is reversed, and the motion to suppress the non-party witness' statement is denied. We find under the totality of the circumstances, this statement was voluntary and is admissible. See State v. Lewis, 539 So.2d 1199,1201-02 (La.1989). This case is remanded to the District Court for further proceedings.
HUGHES, J., would deny.