Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. John CLAYBORNE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2011-06-09
Citations: 63 So. 3d 1026
Docket Number: No. 2011-KK-1199
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. John CLAYBORNE.
Judges: WEIMER, J., would grant the stay and order an opposition.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 63
Pages: 1026–1026

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. John CLAYBORNE.
No. 2011-KK-1199.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 9, 2011.

Opinion:
In re State of Louisiana; —Plaintiff; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Orleans, Criminal District Court Div. K, No. 504-131; to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2011-K-0494.
Writ granted. The rulings of the lower courts are reversed and set aside. The police officers had the right to engage the defendant in conversation. The defendant voluntarily spit the contraband out of his mouth and at that point there was probable cause for arrest. The motion to suppress is denied, and the case is vacated for further proceedings.
WEIMER, J., would grant the stay and order an opposition.