STATE v. BUTLER

No. 42624.

86 So.2d 906 (1956)

229 La. 788

STATE of Louisiana v. Frank BUTLER.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, for defendant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., L. O. Pecot, Dist. Atty., Franklin, Knowles M. Tucker, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Iberia, Nathan A. Levy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Franklin, for appellee.


MOISE, Justice.

The accused, Frank Butler, was charged in an Information, which reads:

"Frank Butler * * * on or about the 18th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1955, in the Parish of Iberia * * * did unlawfully possess, have under his control, sell and deliver a narcotic drug, to-wit: Marijuana, as defined by Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:961, in violation of the provisions of Revised Statutes 40:962 of the State of Louisiana: * * *"

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