STATE v. FRANK

No. 60359.

353 So.2d 1329 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Gerald FRANK and Robert Grant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice T. Hattier, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Robert Grant.

Ronald J. Rakosky, New Orleans, for Gerald Frank.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Henry P. Julien, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

CALOGERO, J., dissents and assigns reasons.

TATE, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by CALOGERO, J.

CALOGERO, Justice, dissenting.

Defendants, acknowledged heroin addicts, were convicted of selling five tin foil packets of heroin (retail consumption quantities) to an undercover police officer. They were each sentenced to life imprisonment.

While perhaps not relevant to guilt or innocence, the degree...

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