Legal Opinion
State v. Jackson
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 25, 1990No. 89-KA-1621PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARMSTRONG, Judge.
Defendant, Melvin Jackson, Sr., was charge by bill of indictment with distribution of heroin, a violation of La.R.S. 40:966. After a trial by jury defendant was found guilty of attempted distribution of heroin and was subsequently sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor.
FACTS
Defendant was arrested as the result of a six-month undercover operation in New Orleans involving Officer Paul Landry, who effected controlled buys of narcotics from unsuspecting traffickers. At trial Officer Landry testified that on the evening of October 29, 1987, he purchased a tin foil packet…
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