SCHOTT, Judge.
Defendant was convicted of possession of heroin in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(C)(1). Pursuant to R.S. 15:529.1 he was sentenced as a second offender to ten years at hard labor.
Two narcotics officers testified that they were patrolling a high crime area in New Orleans when they saw defendant standing in front of a bar with three others. As they approached they saw him reach into his boot and retrieve a cellophane packet. They stopped in front...
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