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STATE v. JAMES

No. KA 89 1601.

569 So.2d 135 (1990)

STATE of Louisiana v. Paul C. JAMES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Campbell, Jr., New Orleans, for appellee.

John J. Williams, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., James H. Looney, Office of Indigent Defender, Covington, for appellant.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and LANIER and ALFORD, JJ.

ALFORD, Judge.

Paul C. James was charged by bill of information with possession of cocaine, a violation of La.R.S. 40:967 C. Defendant pled not guilty, and, after a trial by jury, was found guilty as charged. Defendant was subsequently sentenced to serve eighteen months at hard labor. Defendant appeals, alleging that the trial court erred in allowing the state to cross-examine him as to prior bad acts, namely previous cocaine usage.1<...

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