State of Louisiana v. Ellis Jones

Summary

The court held that officers had probable cause to arrest and search Jones after observing him violate a municipal pedestrian ordinance, regardless of whether they subjectively intended to arrest him for that violation. It upheld suppression of Jones’s post-arrest statements because police questioned him before advising him of his Miranda rights, while reversing suppression of the physical evidence and remanding for further proceedings. Johnson, C.J., dissenting, would have upheld suppression of the physical evidence, and Weimer, J., dissenting, would have granted and docketed the matter.