Legal Opinion
State v. Lacoste
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 16, 2005No. 2004-KA-1625PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
| PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge.
This is a criminal appeal. The defen-, dant, Kenneth Lacoste, appeals his conviction of one' count of simple possession of cocaine asserting two’ errors: (i) improper admission of other crimes evidence, and (ii) insufficiency of the evidence. Finding no error, we affirm his conviction and sentence.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
On December 23, 2002, the State filed a bill of information charging Mr. Lacoste with one count of simple possession of cocaine, a violation of La. R.S. 40:967. On *1182February 7, 2003, Mr. Lacoste was arraigned and entered a not guilty plea. On March…
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