JOHNSON, J., would grant defendant's writ application and assigns reasons.
Defendant was charged in the Mayor's Court for the City of Ponchatoula with the following offenses: violation of La. R.S. 40:966(C) (possession of marijuana), and violation of La. R.S. 14:108 (resisting an officer). A trial was conducted on October 8, 2002, by a Magistrate, where defendant was found guilty and sentenced to serve six months in the Tangipahoa Parish jail. The magistrate was oblivious...
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