STATE v. SMITH

No. 96-KA-0640.

694 So.2d 509 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. James SMITH and Melvin C. Hunter.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

April 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Karen Godail Arena, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, for Appellee.

Archie B. Creech, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Appellants.

Before BARRY, BYRNES and LANDRIEU, JJ.


BYRNES, Judge.

James Smith and Melvin C. Hunter appeal their convictions and sentences for possession of crack cocaine, and convictions and sentences as multiple offenders. We affirm.

On August 5, 1995 at approximately 5:20 p.m., Sergeant Stephen Gaudet, Officer Brian Lampard, and Officer Jack Schnapp were on patrol in the 1200 block of South Saratoga Street in New Orleans, an area known to the officers for drug...

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