Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Shannon Marie BRITE
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2018-05-18
Citations: 242 So. 3d 1218
Docket Number: No. 2017–K–1406
Parties: STATE of Louisiana
v.
Shannon Marie BRITE
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 242
Pages: 1218–1218

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Shannon Marie BRITE
No. 2017-K-1406
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 18, 2018
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY
Writ denied.

Opinion:
GUIDRY, J., would grant.
CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.
CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons:
I would grant this writ for the reasons assigned by Chief Judge Whipple in her dissent in the court of appeal. The trial court apparently accepted the critical testimony of the law enforcement officers demonstrating that the initial "knock and talk" quickly evolved into credible concerns of destruction of evidence. Given the great deference provided trial court rulings on motions to suppress, I would reverse the court of appeal's decision and reinstate the trial court's judgment.