STATE v. BANKS

No. KA-0147.

428 So.2d 544 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Amos BANKS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted May 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., John H. Craft, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ronald Smith, Student Practitioner, Calvin Johnson, Supervising Atty., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before BARRY, AUGUSTINE, and KLEES, JJ.


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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