STATE v. MASSEY

No. 89-KA-0695.

572 So.2d 743 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Romel A. MASSEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Richard Olsen, Asst. Dist. Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert J. Oberfell, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES and PLOTKIN, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

After a bench trial defendant was convicted of possession of cocaine in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967 and sentenced under the Habitual Offender Law, R.S. 15:529.1, to three years.

Police Officers Lauman and De Lucca testified that they saw the defendant leaning into an automobile stopped in the middle of the street; he was holding a plastic bag of white objects. When they approached him, he discarded the bag in a nearby lot. The officers...

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