STATE v. LEWIS

No. 60559.

354 So.2d 566 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Edward LEWIS and Ignatius W. Red, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jasper N. Pharr, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

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 defendants were convicted of distribution of heroin, La.R.S. 40:966, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon their appeal, they rely upon six assignments of error. For reasons to be stated, we find no reversible merit is presented by them.

Context Facts

Officer Bethay, acting as undercover agent, arranged to purchase some cocaine from the defendants Red and Lewis ("Fats," whom Bethay believed to be named Thomas Brown...

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