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STATE v. JONES

No. 55455.

308 So.2d 790 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alan A. JONES.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Williams, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., R. Raymond Arthur, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

BARHAM, Justice.

Alan A. Jones was convicted after a bench trial of possession of marijuana, a violation of La.R.S. 40:966(C), and was sentenced to six months in the parish jail. This Court does not have appellate jurisdiction over a case in which the sentence is six months or less. La.Const. Art. VII, § 10(5) (1921) (the constitution applicable to this case). We therefore treat this matter as a timely application for writs. See State v. Duplantis,

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