STATE v. JAMES

No. 46857.

169 So.2d 89 (1964)

246 La. 1033

STATE of Louisiana v. Otis JAMES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion June 11, 1964.

On Rehearing November 9, 1964.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. W. Gill, Sr., and George M. Leppert, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen., M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


SANDERS, Justice.

This is a criminal proceeding. The state charged that the defendant, Otis James, had unlawfully possessed one morphine tablet, a narcotic drug. He was tried and convicted. The court sentenced him, as a second offender, to a total of ten years in the state penitentiary. He has appealed, relying upon twenty-nine bills of exception reserved in the trial court.

Initially, the defendant filed a motion to quash the Bill of Information on the ground...

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