STATE ex rel. JONES v. STATE

Sep 21, 2001
2000-KH-1186
Reporters:
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Before:
Kimball

Denied.

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ and dissents from the denial of the writ application. I would grant in part and order the district court to ‍​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍appoint counsel and hold a hearing at which it will determine whether the police had a reasonable basis for believing that relator would destroy the evidence when the police ‍​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍undertook their warrantless entry of relator‘s motel room, or if, on the other hand, they lacked that reasonable basis and so lacked the required exigent circumstances to excuse the ‍​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍warrant requirement under the Fourth Amendment and La. Const. art. I, Section 5. See State v. Killian, 95-826, p. 5 (La.App. 3 Cir. 5/8/96), 677 So.2d 487, 491; State v. Wimberly, 588 So.2d ‍​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‍1343, 1347 (La.App. 2nd Cir.1991).

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.