STATE v. RUIZ

No. 15526-KA.

437 So.2d 330 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Jesus RUIZ & Geoffrey Austin Sweeney, Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Stay Order Denied September 19, 1983.

Writ Denied November 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee E. Ineichen, Jr., Monroe, for appellants.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Johnny Parkerson, Dist. Atty., 4th Judicial Dist., Nancy F. Gilliland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe, for appellee.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and SEXTON, JJ.


SEXTON, Judge.

Defendants Jesus Ruiz and Geoffrey Sweeney appeal their conviction in a bench trial on August 17, 1982, for the offense of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and the subsequent sentence of Ruiz to two and one-half years imprisonment at hard labor and the sentence of Sweeney to one and one-half years at hard labor.

The defendants were jointly charged and jointly tried, and neither presented evidence at the conclusion of the State...

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