Legal Opinion
State v. Petta
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 30, 1978No. 60558PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
354 So.2d 563 (1978)
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee,
v.
Paul PETTA, Appellant.
No. 60558.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 30, 1978.
Rehearing Denied April 11, 1978.
Rena M. Price, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
Willian J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., John L. A. Lenfant, IV, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
TATE, Justice.
The defendant Petta was convicted of possession of heroin, La.R.S. 40:966 B(1), and sentenced, as a multiple offender, La.R.S. 15:529.1, to ten years at hard labor. Upon…
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