Louisiana v. Cure
Annotate this CaseThe state charged Defendant Ricky Cure by bill of information with possession of heroin in violation of La.R.S. 40:966. After the trial court denied his motion to suppress the evidence, Defendant entered a plea of guilty as charged, reserving his right to seek review of the trial court's adverse ruling on the suppression issue. The trial court sentenced him to four years imprisonment at hard labor, suspended, with four years of active probation. On appeal, the Fourth Circuit reversed Defendant's conviction and sentence on grounds that the trial court erred in denying the motion to suppress. The Supreme Court granted the state's application to review the decision below and reversed: "even assuming that [one of the responding officers] did not act reasonably when she opened the door of the Defendant's car, the lawful recovery of all of the evidence in the vehicle would have inevitably occurred once Defendant opened his hand at the officer's order and dropped the two papers of heroin onto the dashboard of the car."
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.