STATE v. BATTS

No. 56677.

324 So.2d 415 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie T. BATTS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Piper, Jr., Huckaby, Piper & Brown, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John A. Richardson, Dist. Atty., B. Woodrow Nesbitt, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


MARCUS, Justice.

Willie T. Batts was charged by bill of information with distribution of marijuana in violation of La.R.S. 40:966. After trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged. He was subsequently sentenced to serve four years at hard labor. On appeal, defendant relies upon two assignments of error for reversal of his conviction and sentence.1

FACTS

On July 30, 1974, Noel H. Reed, an undercover narcotics agent...

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