Legal Opinion
State v. Cortes
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 1, 2012No. 11-794PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GENOVESE, Judge.
|,In this criminal case, Defendant, Carlos Rios Cortes,1 was found guilty by jury verdict of attempted possession of heroin in the amount of 400 grams or more and was sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor. He appeals, alleging insufficiency of the evidence, trial court error in denying his Motion to Suppress, and trial court error in not granting his pro se Motion for New Trial. For the following reasons, we affirm Defendant’s conviction with instructions pertaining to post conviction relief.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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- State v. HearoldSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1992
- State v. CallowaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
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