STATE v. LANDRY

No. KA-1654.

454 So.2d 313 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Alton LANDRY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 16, 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.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before BYRNES and CIACCIO, JJ., and L. JULIAN SAMUEL, J. Pro Tem.


L. JULIAN SAMUEL, Judge, Pro Tem.

The defendant, Alton Landry, was charged with illegal possession of pentazocine, a violation of La.R.S. 40:967(c). He filed a motion to suppress the evidence— the pentazocine—but the trial court denied the motion, finding no violation of the Constitution. The defendant then entered a guilty plea and was sentenced to serve three years at hard labor.

In tendering his plea, Landry reserved his right under State...

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