Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Watson v. Louisiana
469 U.S. 1181
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1985-01-14
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- police officer's unsolicited remark is not the comment of a "court official" under La.C.Cr.P. art. 770
- defendant had low to normal intelligence, a seventh grade education, a minimal employment record, a history of drug abuse and an extensive history of incarceration during his adult life
- where cumulative information developed into probable cause to arrest
Citator
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- Cited by
- 174 opinions
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Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 84-5538, 449 So. 2d 1321; No. 84-5625, 735 F. 2d 395; No. 84-5632, 453 So. 2d 784; No. 84-5659, 452 So. 2d 520; No. 84-5776, 454 So. 2d 556.