State v. Sciortino

SANDERS, Justice.

In each of these cases, the state charged the defendant, Sciortino, by bill of information with the possession of marijuana cigarettes, a felony denounced by LSA-R.S. 40:962. Subsequently, the state amended each of the bills to correct the date of the offense. The defendant, then, filed a plea of prescription and motion to quash. The trial judge sustained the motion and plea. Having reserved a bill-of exception to the judgment, the state appealed.

In Case No. 46,821, the state filed a bill of information . on September 21, 1959, charging the defendant with the illegal pos*686sessio…