STATE v. BENITEZ

No. 64521.

381 So.2d 815 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert BENITEZ.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, James Maxwell, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Michael E. Soileau, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.


ON REHEARING

BLANCHE, Justice.*

After a jury trial, defendant, Robert Benitez, was convicted of distribution of heroin in violation of R.S. 40:966. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. We affirmed his conviction and sentence in a Per Curiam opinion. On defendant's application, we granted a rehearing.

At trial, the state presented the following evidence: On October...

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