STATE v. DIAZ

No. 84-KA-71.

461 So.2d 1099 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Manuel DIAZ and Pedro Diaz.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Credo, III, Asst. Dist. Atty., Research & Appeals, Gretna, for State of La., plaintiff-appellee.

John H. Craft, Staff Appeals Counsel, 24th Judicial Dist., Indigent Defender Bd., Gretna, for Manuel Diaz and Pedro Diaz, defendants-appellants.

Before BOUTALL, KLIEBERT and CURRAULT, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

Manuel and Pedro Diaz ("The Diazes"), appellants, were each charged by bill of information with violating R.S. 40:966(E), possession of marijuana in excess of 100 pounds. After a two day trial, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged as to both defendants. Following the denial of defendants' motion for new trial, each defendant was sentenced to 10 years at hard labor and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000.00. This appeal followed.

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