STATE v. MANSO, 347 So.2d 1173 (La. 1977)

STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL MANSO, MICHAEL VIERTHALER, EDWARD KENNY, STEVE HILL, JEFFERY ROBERTS, JOHN O’NEILL, ROBERT O’BRIEN, DAVID GROSSFIELD, JOHN BERMAN, MICHAEL TIDMARSH, RICHARD BADOLATO, GREGORY ORR, AND STEVEN MARTIN.

No. 60273.Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 26, 1977.

IN RE: MICHAEL MANSO, ET AL. APPLYING FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI, PROHIBITION AND MANDAMUS.

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[1] Writ granted in part. It is ordered that the probable-cause hearing be reopened to permit defense counsel to recall and cross-examine Deputy Sheriff Abadie. In all other respects, the application is denied.

[2] SUMMERS, J., dissents from the granting of this writ. The finding that these defendants and eight others were in possession of $10,000,000. worth of marijuana overwhelmingly established probable cause to charge them.