STATE v. WEST

No. KA 85 0918.

484 So.2d 930 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Henry WEST.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bemiss, Jr., Asst. Indigent Defender, Port Allen, Johnny E. Wellons, Baton Rouge, for defendant, appellant, Henry West.

T. Barry Wilkinson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Port Allen, for the State.

Before CARTER, SAVOIE and ALFORD, JJ.


ALFORD, Judge.

Henry West was charged by bill of information with introducing contraband into a parish jail in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:402 C. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. A jury convicted him as charged, and he was sentenced to serve five years at hard labor. He has appealed, urging six assignments of error.

West Baton Rouge Parish Deputy Sheriff Sonny Massey, a warden at the West Baton Rouge Parish Jail, testified that on October 27, 1984, during...

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