STATE v. COOK

No. 80-KA-2188.

396 So.2d 1258 (1981)

STATE of Louisiana v. James COOK.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Duncan Kemp, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, J. Donald Cascio, Haydn S. Berey, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Cynthia Fayard, Denham Springs, for defendant-appellant.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Defendant James Cook was charged by bill of information with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute,1 an offense in violation of R.S. 40:967(A)(1),2 allegedly committed on February 23, 1979. After trial by jury, a sentence of five years' imprisonment at hard labor was imposed.

Defendant relies on two assignments of error,3 neither of which has...

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