STATE v. BRYANT

No. 54479.

296 So.2d 259 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Ralph O. BRYANT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel P. Love, Sr., Love, Rigby, Dehan & Love, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. Marvin, Dist. Atty., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of the sale and distribution of heroin and sentenced to thirty years at hard labor. He perfected six bills of exceptions for his appeal.

1.

The contention most seriously urged (by Bills Nos. 1 and 11) is that the bill of information is so vague and indefinite that it does not meet the constitutional and statutory test of informing the accused of "the nature and cause" of the charge against him. La.Const...

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