STATE v. DeHART

No. 82-KA-1978.

445 So.2d 419 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lovell DeHART, Jr. and Sadina Bergeron.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Concurring Opinion March 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Norval J. Rhodes, Dist. Atty., Dixie C. Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles Gary Blaize, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, Keith M. Whipple, Houma, for defendant-appellant.


WATSON, Justice.

In a joint trial, defendants, Lovell DeHart, Jr., and Sadina Bergeron, were convicted of distribution of marijuana in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967 A(1).1 DeHart was sentenced to six years at hard labor and Bergeron to five years at hard labor, and defendants appealed their convictions and sentences. Pending the appeals, Lovell DeHart, Jr., died an accidental death. His death certificate has been filed in the record and...

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