STATE v. RIGGINS

No. 97-KA-1194.

718 So.2d 569 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana v. Rudolph RIGGINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertha M. Hillman, Thibodaux, for Defendant/Appellant.

Paul D. Connick, Jr., District Attorney, Alison Wallis, Assistant District Attorney, Gretna, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Before CANNELLA and DALEY, JJ., and ROBERT M. MURPHY, J. Pro Tem.


DALEY, Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant who was convicted of possession of cocaine in violation of Louisiana Revised Statute 40:967(C).

FACTS:

At the trial of this matter, Police Officer Ray Lassiegne testified that he and fellow officer, David Duplantis, were working in the narcotics division on the night of February 21, 1997. The officers were patrolling high narcotics trafficking areas in unmarked police cars and in "plain clothes...

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