STATE v. FRANCIS

No. 63579.

370 So.2d 884 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Bernard FRANCIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. O'Hara, III, Director; Peter G. Warner, Student Practitioner, Loyola Law School Clinic, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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


PER CURIAM.

Defendant Bernard Francis was charged by bill of information with distribution of heroin in violation of La.R.S. 40:966(A)(1). On October 9, 1974, after trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged. The trial court imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. Defendant appealed his conviction and sentence to this Court relying on several assignments of error. This Court affirmed his conviction, State...

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