Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. James W. FRIDDLE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1983-08-09
Citations: 435 So. 2d 421
Docket Number: No. 80-K-1593
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. James W. FRIDDLE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 435
Pages: 421–422

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. James W. FRIDDLE.
No. 80-K-1593.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Aug. 9, 1983.

Opinion:
DENNIS, Justice,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I respectfully concur in part and dissent in part.
I concur in the remana of the case for retrial of the motion to suppress relative to the issue of the majority's treatment of the warrantless entry into defendant's motel residence.
I believe that State v. Brown, 387 So.2d 567 (La.1980) should be given retroactive effect. In State v. Ranker, 343 So.2d 189 (La.1977), this court expressed "grave doubts" about the constitutionality of a warrantless arrest in the home. Thus, United States v. Peltier, 422 U.S. 531, 95 S.Ct. 2313, 45 L.Ed.2d 374 (1975) is not authority for the court's decision, in this case.