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State v. Harmon

754 So. 2d 986, 1999 La. App. LEXIS 1475, 1999 WL 301626
CourtLouisiana Court of Appeal
DecidedMay 14, 1999
DocketNo. 32,659-KW
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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State v. Harmon, 754 So. 2d 986, 1999 La. App. LEXIS 1475, 1999 WL 301626 (La. Ct. App. 1999).

Opinions

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.

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