STATE v. BURNS

No. 18588-KW.

504 So.2d 124 (1987)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Paul BURNS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied May 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Milkovich, Shreveport, for appellant.

Powell A. Layton, Jr. and Tommy Johnson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before FRED W. JONES, HALL and SEXTON, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

Following a bench trial the defendant Burns was convicted of possession of marijuana (R.S. 40:966) and sentenced to serve six months in jail. We granted a writ to review the defendant's conviction. He argues for reversal on the basis of 19 assignments of error.

Many of the salient facts were sharply contested at trial. Agent Mark Holley of the Shreveport Police Narcotics Division testified that he was working in an undercover capacity...

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