STATE v. BATISTE

No. 60711.

363 So.2d 639 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana v. Phill BATISTE and Edward Lee.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

On Rehearing October 9, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Miles, Porteous, Toledano, Hainkel & Johnson, New Orleans, for Phill Batiste.

Barry F. Viosca, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for Edward Lee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Brian G. Meissner, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

Following a trial by jury the defendants, charged with distribution of heroin, La. R.S. 40:966, were found guilty of attempted distribution of heroin and sentenced to serve twenty years at hard labor. On appeal defendants rely upon four assignments of error which comprise two arguments for reversal of their convictions and sentences. For the reasons given below we affirm the conviction and sentence of Edward...

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