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STATE v. COX

No. 56098.

330 So.2d 284 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent, v. Morris W. COX and Rose Ann Garrett, Relators.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion November 14, 1975.

Dissenting Opinion November 18, 1975.

On Rehearing March 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Bruscato, Bruscato & Loomis, Monroe, for defendants-relators.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Carl Parkerson, Dist. Atty., Brian E. Crawford, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent.

TATE, Justice.

The defendants Morris Cox and Rose Garrett were convicted of possession of marijuana, La.R.S. 40:966, and sentenced respectively to ninety and thirty days in the parish jail in addition to fines of $300. We granted certiorari to review substantial contentions of trial error, 312 So.2d 872 (1975), and we now reverse and remand for a new trial.

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