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STATE v. SMITH

No. 55560.

310 So.2d 580 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Harold J. SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 31, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Boudreaux, III, Barnes & Barnes, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Richard E. Chaffin, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

TATE, Justice.

The defendant Smith was convicted of distribution of heroin, La.R.S. 40:966, and sentenced to eighteen years at hard labor. On his appeal, he relies upon one bill of exceptions.

It is contended that Officer Driscoll, a state witness, deliberately injected mention of another crime, in non-responsive reply to a question under cross-examination. La.R.S. 15:445, 15:446; La.C.Cr.P. arts. 770(2), 771; State v. Prieur, 277 So.2d 126...

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