State v. Birdsell

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

Defendant Dale E. Birdsell was charged with violating a provision of the Louisiana Uniform Narcotic Drug Act. The bill of information avers that he “ * * * feloniously violated Title 40, Section 962, Subsection B of the Louisiana Revised Statutes in that he had or possessed a hypodermic syringe and needle, contrary to the form of the Statute of the State of Louisiana * * * ”. From his conviction and sentence to a term of imprisonment at hard labor he has appealed.

For reversal of his conviction appellant cites four alleged errors committed in the court below, all of which…