State v. Kopf

LE BLANC, Justice.

On February 14, 1952, the defendant was charged by a bill, of information on two counts for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:962. In the first count he was charged with wilfully and unlawfully having in his possession a hypodermic needle and a syringe and in the second, with unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, to-wit: “.012 grain of heroin”.

He was arraigned on February 25, 1952 and pleaded not guilty but on March 27, 1952, with consent of the Court, he withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded in lieu thereof “guilty of attempted possession of narcotics on second count”.…