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STATE v. BROWN

No. 96-KA-0595.

684 So.2d 521 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana v. Wayne B. BROWN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Lawrence, New Orleans, for Wayne B. Brown.

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Parish of Orleans, Susan M. Erlanger, Assistant District Attorney, Parish of Orleans, New Orleans, for the State of Louisiana.

BARRY, Judge.

The defendant was charged with distribution of cocaine (La.R.S. 40:967). The jury verdict form specified the charge as possession with intent to distribute cocaine (also La.R.S. 40:967) and listed responsive verdicts for possession with intent to distribute. The jury found defendant "guilty as charged" and he was sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor.

The issues are whether the wording of the verdict form requires reversal, and sufficiency...

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