Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Jessie COMMODORE and Darryl Simms
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1986-02-28
Citations: 483 So. 2d 1003
Docket Number: No. 82-K-0073
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Jessie COMMODORE and Darryl Simms.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 483
Pages: 1003–1004

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Jessie COMMODORE and Darryl Simms.
No. 82-K-0073.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 28, 1986.
For opinion see La., 418 So.2d 1330.

Opinion:
DENNIS, Justice,
concurring.
I respectfully concur.
I disagree with the majority s conclusion that an arrest had been effected prior to the search of the defendants' vehicle. An arrest is effected when there are "circumstances indicating an intent to effect an extended restraint on the liberty of the accused."
However, the majority correctly held that the search did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because the automobile exception to the warrant requirement applies. Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132, 158, 45 S.Ct. 280, 287, 69 L.Ed. 453 (1925); see also Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 90 S.Ct. 1975, 26 L.Ed.2d 419 (1970).