STATE v. HARRIS

No. 92-KA-609.

612 So.2d 280 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leon HARRIS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Howat Peters, Dorothy A. Pendergast, Dist. Attorney's Office, Gretna, for plaintiff/appellee, State of LA.

Bruce G. Whittaker, Indigent Defender, Bd., Gretna, for defendant/appellant, Leon Harris.

Before BOWES, DUFRESNE and GOTHARD, JJ.


BOWES, Judge.

Defendant, Leon Harris, appeals his conviction for a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967(C), possession of a controlled dangerous substance. We affirm the conviction but remand for resentencing as follows:

FACTS

On December 18, 1991, at approximately 2:00 p.m. Detective Edward Calecas and Sergeant Tim Miller were on patrol in the South Causeway area responding to complaints about narcotics trafficking in that district. As they approached the...

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