STATE v. LUCAS

No. 41520.

71 So.2d 870 (1954)

225 La. 27

STATE v. LUCAS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 22, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Ledet, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Severn T. Darden, Dist. Atty., and Phil Trice, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.


HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Defendant Emile Lucas, charged in a bill of information with being an habitual user of a narcotic drug, morphine, contrary to the provisions of R.S. 40:962, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced on March 11, 1952, to serve a term of 10 years in the state penitentiary. His sentence was suspended, however, under R.S. 40:981, and he was placed on probation, provided that he voluntarily entered, in no more than 30 days, one of the United States...

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