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STATE v. LEWIS

No. 84-KA-1654.

468 So.2d 557 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Sawyer LEWIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 14, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Nicholas F. Noriea, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jacques F. Bezou, George E. Mouledoux, Rebecca Sawyer, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

WATSON, Justice.

Defendant, Sawyer Lewis, is appealing from his conviction for possession of heroin with intent to distribute1 and sentence to life imprisonment without benefit of parole.2 Defendant contends that: (1) the evidence against him should have been suppressed; and (2) the sentence is unconstitutionally disproportionate to his offense.

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