Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. David Marshall HARMON, Jr., Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1999-05-14
Citations: 754 So. 2d 986
Docket Number: No. 32,659-KW
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. David Marshall HARMON, Jr., Appellant.
Judges: Before NORRIS, BROWN, and PEATROSS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 754
Pages: 986–987

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. David Marshall HARMON, Jr., Appellant.
No. 32,659-KW.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
May 14, 1999.
Writ Denied Oct. 1, 1999.
Richard C. Goorley, Shreveport, Counsel for Appellant.
Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul J. Carmouehe, District Attorney, Edward Brossette, Asst. Dist. Atty., Counsel for Appellee.
Before NORRIS, BROWN, and PEATROSS, JJ.

Opinion:
J¡WRIT GRANTED, PEREMPTORILY REVERSED AND REMANDED.
An individual may be stopped and ticketed for failure to wear a seat belt. La. R.S. 32:295.1. However, that alone does not suffice for further inspection, detention or search. La. R.S. 32:295.1(F). In this case the officer detected a strong odor of alcohol which justified the field sobriety test and arrest for 3rd offense DWI.
The trial court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress is reversed and this matter remanded for trial.
NORRIS, J., dissents.