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STATE v. HICKS

No. 64637.

377 So.2d 86 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Horace HICKS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde D. Merritt, Robert Barnard, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., James E. Stainback, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-applicant.

BLANCHE, Justice.*

Defendant, Horace Hicks, on March 11, 1979 was charged by bill of information with violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967, possession of Pentazocine (Talwin), a controlled dangerous substance. On February 9, 1979, Talwin had been classified as a controlled dangerous substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States. The drug was then added to the Louisiana list of controlled dangerous substances on February...

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