Evidence from surveillance collected against a man described by authorities as a hit man for the 5400 Boys gang will be allowed to be introduced at his trial on gun and drug charges.
Defense attorneys for 36-year-old Marvin Payne sought to suppress documents detailing multiple days of surveillance on him and his associates carried out by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office in May 2021.
But Judge Louise Hines ruled last week that prosecutors will be able to use the evidence in court…