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STATE v. WASHINGTON

No. 62527.

367 So.2d 4 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alvin "Coffee" WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Michael Mooney, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank T. Salter, Jr., Dist. Atty., Gregory D. Lyons, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

Defendant Alvin "Coffee" Washington was charged with distribution of heroin in violation of R.S. 40:966(A). After trial by jury beginning January 11, 1978, defendant was found guilty as charged. On March 13, 1978 the trial court sentenced him to the mandatory life term under the statute. On appeal, defendant argues sixteen of the twenty-one assignments of error filed in the trial court. Assignments 15 and 17 present reversible error.

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