State v. Feraci

The above-named defendant and one Viola Thibodeaux were charged with having in their possession three cigarettes, “containing the dried form of the Mexican plant known as marijuana,” in violation of Act 41 of 1924.

A severance was granted, and the present appellant was tried and found guilty.

After a number of witnesses, including Viola Thibodeaux, had been examined in chief by the state and cross-examined by the defendant, the state offered in evidence the three marijuana cigarettes found in defendant’s possession. The offering was opposed by defendants’ counsel, for the reason, as stated in…