AUGUSTINE, Judge.
Amos Banks was convicted by a jury of twelve for possession of heroin and was later sentenced to five years at hard labor. By this appeal, Banks challenges his conviction on the basis of two errors committed during the trial of his case.
The background facts are these:
According to testimony adduced at trial, on the evening of March 5, 1982, Officer Lee Peyton of the New Orleans Police Department received a telephone call from a confidential...
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