State v. Rasheed

FOURNET, Chief Justice.

The accused, Jameel Rasheed and Percy Thomas, having been charged by information with the possession and control of a narcotic drug, to-wit, marijuana, in violation of R.S. 40:962, 1 appeal from their conviction and sentence thereunder to serve 15 years at hard labor, relying for the reversal thereof .upon a number of errors allegedly committed during the course of their trial.

While 23 Bills of Exceptions were originally reserved, 10 of these have been abandoned. 2 The remaining 13 are not treated separately, but, instead, as forming the basis of what are termed 8…