Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Robert O'BRIEN, John O'Neill, John Herman, David Grussfeld, Steve Martin, Greg Orr, Michael Tidmarsh and Richard Badalaro
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1977-12-09
Citations: 352 So. 2d 1040
Docket Number: No. 61165
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Robert O’BRIEN, John O’Neill, John Herman, David Grussfeld, Steve Martin, Greg Orr, Michael Tidmarsh and Richard Badalaro.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 352
Pages: 1040–1040

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Robert O’BRIEN, John O’Neill, John Herman, David Grussfeld, Steve Martin, Greg Orr, Michael Tidmarsh and Richard Badalaro.
No. 61165.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 9, 1977.

Opinion:
In re: Robert O'Brien, et al applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition, mandamus and habeas corpus and stay order. Parish of St. Bernard.
Writ granted. The ruling of the trial judge is set aside and the case is remanded for a new hearing on the motion to suppress. When the mover has shown that the evidence was seized without a search warrant, the burden of proof is on the State. Vale v. Louisiana, 399 U.S. 30, 90 S.Ct. 1969, 26 L.Ed.2d 409 (1970).