STATE v. PERKINS

No. 57779.

337 So.2d 1145 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana v. John PERKINS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Harmon Drew, Drew, White, Drew & Drew, Minden, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry N. Brown, Jr., Dist. Atty., James S. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


SANDERS, Chief Justice.

On March 26, 1973, the defendant, John W. Perkins, Jr., allegedly sold two grams of hashish to Special Agent Danny R. Brown. A Bill of Information charged him with the distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A)(1).

After a trial on the merits, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged, and the judge sentenced defendant to five years at hard labor. Thereafter, this sentence was suspended...

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