STATE v. MARTIN

No. 54002.

290 So.2d 872 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana v. Henry MARTIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jim Garrison, Dist. Atty., Louise Korns, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert F. Fleming, Jr., Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Henry Martin, was prosecuted pursuant to a bill of information charging him with wilful and unlawful distribution of heroin in violation of LSA-R. S. 40:971. After trial by a five-man jury, the defendant was convicted of attempted possession with intent to distribute and sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor. He appeals, relying on two bills of exceptions.

Bill of Exceptions No. 1 was reserved when the court denied...

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