STATE v. MERCHANT

No. KA 85 1222.

490 So.2d 336 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Eric MERCHANT and Robert Schaefer.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Reed, Dist. Atty., Franklinton, for plaintiff-appellee State of La.

H.R. Alexander, Bogalusa, for defendant-appellant Eric T. Merchant and Robert W. Schaefer.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, C.J., and WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.


GROVER L. COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

Eric Merchant and Robert Schaefer were charged by a single bill of information with possession of one hundred pounds or more of marijuana in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:964 and 966(E)(1). Defendants pled not guilty and filed a motion to suppress the seized contraband. After denial of the motion to suppress, defendants waived trial by jury and were tried by a judge. Defendants were convicted...

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