STATE v. BUTLER

No. KA-3624.

480 So.2d 419 (1985)

STATE of Louisiana v. Fernando BUTLER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael E. McMahon, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for appellee.

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

Before BARRY, CIACCIO and BYRNES, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

Defendant, Fernando Butler, was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, a violation of R.S. 40:967. He was sentenced to 5 years at hard labor under a multiple bill. This appeal followed.

In July 1983, Officers Pedro Marina and Wallace Goodie received information from a confidential informant that the defendant was selling narcotics at the corner of Bayou Road and Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans. The informant accompanied...

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