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STATE v. SMITH

No. 82-KA-2018.

441 So.2d 739 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Robert J. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William R. Campbell, Michael M. Simpson, Beryl McSmith, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Dennis Jude Dannel, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

LEMMON, Justice.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain defendant's conviction of possession of pentazocine.1 Defendant was sentenced to five years imprisonment at hard labor on the basis of his three prior felony convictions, although he was not charged as a multiple offender.

The evidence consisted of the testimony of Officer Eddie Selby, who observed the incident and made the arrest...

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