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STATE v. JACKSON

No. 59744.

352 So.2d 195 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leo JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice T. Hattier, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William L. Brockman, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of distribution of heroin, La.R.S. 40:966, and sentenced to life imprisonment. His appeal raises four assignments of error. We find merit in Assignment 1, relating to the improper admission of other-crime evidence, and therefore reverse.

The defendant is charged with distribution of heroin on March 20, 1974. This is a crime requiring only general criminal intent; such intent...

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