STATE v. LARD

No. KA-1432.

459 So.2d 1189 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin LARD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Joanne C. Marier, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee, State of La.

Kerry Cuccia, M. Craig Colwart, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant, Melvin Lard.

Before SCHOTT, WARD and BYRNES, JJ.


WARD, Judge.

Melvin E. Lard was convicted of possession with intent to distribute heroin, and sentenced to life imprisonment without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. Lard appeals, arguing assignments of error on seven issues. We do not find merit in any of Lard's arguments and we affirm.

Lard first contends that he was arrested without probable cause and the evidence seized incidental to that arrest and the statement he made to police after...

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