SUMMERS, Justice.
Alvin F. Mallery was indicted by the Orleans Parish Grand Jury for the April 28, 1976 distribution of heroin, a crime punishable at that time by a statute which mandated "life imprisonment at hard labor and, in addition, [the offender] may be required to pay a fine of not more than fifteen thousand dollars." La.Rev.Stat. 40:966. See Act 207 of 1973. The penalty provision was later amended by Act 631 of 1977 to add "without benefit of probation or...
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