STATE v. PETTA

No. KA-5160.

496 So.2d 390 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana v. Paul PETTA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William A. Marshall, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee State of Louisiana.

Dwight Doskey, Orleans Indigent Defenders Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Paul Petta.

Before GULOTTA, KLEES and BYRNES, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

On June 3, 1985, the appellant was charged with possession of heroin. He was arraigned on June 20th and pled not guilty. On August 8th, a twelve-member jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced on August 21st to serve ten years at hard labor. He now appeals.

FACTS:

On the evening of May 15, 1985, police officers executed a search warrant at 2941 Bruxelles Street, the home of the defendant Paul Petta. Petta and Brenda Gibson were...

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