STATE v. BURTON

No. KA-7804.

519 So.2d 177 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana v. Major BURTON.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., William B. Faust, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., William A. Marshall, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff.

William Noland, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before SCHOTT, BARRY and BYRNES, JJ.


BARRY, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of simple possession of heroin, La.R.S. 40:966, and sentenced to four years at hard labor with credit for time served, without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence. The three assignments of error relate to the denial of his motion to suppress.

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