STATE v. MATTHEWS

No. 94-KA-2112.

654 So.2d 868 (1995)

STATE of Louisiana v. Herman J. MATTHEWS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherry Watters, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant, Herman J. Matthews.

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty. and Susan M. Erlanger, Asst. Dist. Atty., Parish of Orleans, New Orleans, for appellee, State of La.

Before BARRY, CIACCIO and MURRAY, JJ.


MURRAY, Judge.

Herman Matthews was charged by bill of information on June 9, 1994, with possession of cocaine, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967(C). After trial on July 11, 1994, a six-member jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced on July 18, 1994, to serve thirty-six months at hard labor as a second offender under R.S. 15:529.1. He now appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion to suppress the evidence and (2) allowing testimony...

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