Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Thinh TRAN
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1989-09-11
Citations: 547 So. 2d 1315
Docket Number: No. 89-KK-2070
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Thinh TRAN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 547
Pages: 1315–1316

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Thinh TRAN.
No. 89-KK-2070.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 11, 1989.

Opinion:
In re Thinh Tran, applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs, from the Criminal District, Parish of Orleans, Sec. F, No. 333-366, to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal No. 89KA-1606.
Granted in part; denied in part. Arrest was illegal because made without probable cause. Out-of-court photographic identification is suppressed as "fruit of the poisonous tree." See State v. Landry, 414 So.2d 674 (La.1982). Victims may make an in-court identification of defendant. United States v. Crews, 445 U.S. 463, 100 S.Ct. 1244, 63 L.Ed.2d 537 (1980). Case remanded to the district court for further proceedings.