STATE v. WHITE

No. 21418-KA.

559 So.2d 541 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Joe E. WHITE, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Culpepper, Jonesboro, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., John C. Blake, Dist. Atty., George H. Meadors, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before MARVIN, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

We reverse White's conviction of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute because the prosecutor and the police officer-witness, over defendant's objections, were allowed to relate to the jury inadmissible hearsay details of when and where White would receive 12 pounds of marijuana and transport it in an automobile into Claiborne Parish. State v. Thompson, 331 So.2d 848 (La.1976).

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