Vale v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1970-06-22

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Mr. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. The appellant, Donald Vale, was convicted in a Louisiana court on a charge of possessing heroin and was sentenced as a multiple offender to 15 years’ imprisonment at hard labor. The Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, rejecting the claim that evidence introduced at the trial was the product of an unlawful search and seizure. <span class="citatio…

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