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STATE v. HOLMES

No. 53386.

281 So.2d 704 (1973)

STATE of Louisiana v. John HOLMES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

August 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orleans Indigent Defender Program, Ronald L. Merlino, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., LeRoy A. Hartley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, John Holmes, was tried under a bill of information charging a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:962, in that he "did willfully and unlawfully possess and have under [his] control a narcotic drug, to wit: thirty-five (35) capsules of dilaudid." Appellant was convicted and sentenced to serve fifteen (15) years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. From his conviction and sentence, appellant...

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