STATE v. PATERNOSTRO

No. 40305.

53 So.2d 673 (1951)

219 La. 563

STATE v. PATERNOSTRO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Girard J. Fernandez and Chandler C. Luzenberg, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Ass't. Atty. Gen., Severn T. Darden Dist. Atty., Matthews S. Braniff, Ass't. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.


MOISE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of having unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit, loose heroin. He was sentenced to serve three years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary. He has appealed.

The record discloses that there are three bills of exception taken to the ruling of the trial judge.

Bill of Exception No. 1 relates to the overruling of defendant's motion for a new trial, which is merely a resume of Bills Nos. 2 and 3, and...

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