STATE v. JOHNSON

No. CR 88-1138.

544 So.2d 767 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse JOHNSON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon B. Clark, Asst. Dist. Atty., Leesville, for defendant-appellant.

F. Clay Tillman, Jr., Leesville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.


KNOLL, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the State's untimely delivery of evidence sought through discovery which ultimately led to exculpatory evidence, renders defendant's guilty plea constitutionally infirm, in that his plea was not voluntary.

The defendant, Jesse Johnson, Jr., was charged by bill of information with one count of distribution of counterfeit marijuana, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966 A(2), and one count of distribution of marijuana, a...

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