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STATE v. SCIORTINO

Nos. 46821, 46822.

159 So.2d 685 (1964)

245 La. 587

STATE of Louisiana. v. Joseph SCIORTINO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Bossetta & Bossetta, Gaspar R. Bossetta, John D. Tamberella, New Orleans, for appellee.

SANDERS, Justice.

In each of these cases, the state charged the defendant, Sciortino, by bill of information with the possession of marijuana cigarettes, a felony denounced by LSA-R.S. 40:962. Subsequently, the state amended each of the bills to correct the date of the offense. The defendant, then, filed a plea of prescription and motion to quash. The trial judge sustained the motion and plea. Having reserved a bill of exception to the judgment, the state appealed...

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