STATE v. BROWN

No. 62616.

366 So.2d 550 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Newton BROWN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Barnard, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

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


DENNIS, Justice.

The question presented by this case is whether a person who lawfully obtains a dose of methadone from the Louisiana Narcotics Rehabilitation Commission while participating in an experimental pilot clinic program is guilty of illegal possession of methadone if he carries the methadone off the clinic premises without permission.

Defendant Newton Brown was charged by bill of information with possession of methadone, La.R.S. 40:967, and convicted...

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