STATE v. KING

No. CR 89-406.

554 So.2d 254 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Lewis KING, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. DeJean, Jr., Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

Morgan J. Goudeau, III, Dist. Atty., Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GUIDRY and KNOLL, JJ., and ROBERTS, J. Pro Tem.


KNOLL, Judge.

On September 22, 1988, defendant, Joseph Lewis King, Jr., was found guilty by a six person jury of possession of cocaine in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967(C) and was sentenced to three years at hard labor.

Defendant appeals alleging six assignments of error: (1) the verdict of guilty was contrary to the law and evidence; (2) the jury did not consider other equally possible conclusions in its guilty verdict; (3) the trial court erred in allowing...

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