STATE v. McPHATE

No. 80-KA-1849.

393 So.2d 718 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. John Randall McPHATE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leon A. Picou, Jr., Dist. Atty., A. Z. Butterworth, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Clayton M. Perkins, Jr., St. Francisville, for defendant-appellant.


CECIL C. CUTRER, Justice ad hoc.*

Defendant, John Randall McPhate, an inmate at Dixon Correctional Institute at Jackson, Louisiana, was charged by bill of information with possession of contraband, marijuana, while on the grounds of Dixon Correctional Institute, a violation of La.R.S. 14:402 B. Defendant pleaded not guilty at his arraignment held on February 27, 1980, and jury trial was set for June 2, 1980. The trial was later reset for...

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