Legal Opinion
State v. Short
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 15, 1991No. 90-KA-0903PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CIACCIO, Judge.
Defendant, Waldo Short, was charged by bill of information with possession of heroin, a violation of La.R.S. 40:966. He was tried by a twelve-person jury which found him guilty as charged on August 30, 1989. On September 26, 1989 the defendant was sentenced to four (4) years, hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Also, on September 26, 1989, the defendant admitted to being a multiple (second) offender and he was re-sentenced to four (4) years at hard labor under the provision of R.S. 15:529.1, with credit for time served.
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