STATE v. GARRETT

No. KA-3018.

480 So.2d 412 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Ervin D. GARRETT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Granted March 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Craig Colwart, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Maria M. Lazarte, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

Before BARRY, CIACCIO and BYRNES, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant, Ervin Garrett was convicted of possession of pentazocine, a violation of La.R.S. 40:967(C), and sentenced as an habitual offender to three years at hard labor. He appeals his conviction to this court. We affirm.

On the afternoon of April 21, 1982, officers Walter Gifford and Claude Flot of the New Orleans Police Department were traveling in an unmarked car in the 800 block of N. Claiborne Avenue when they observed the defendant hand...

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