State v. Guidry

The issue in this case is did the defendant Charles Guidry sell marijuana on November 12,1973.

Dale Albert, the State’s witness, was not a commissioned police officer. He was, however, working with the Regional Narcotics Agency as a paid informer. He had previously been convicted of possession of marijuana and testified to this fact and to his past association with the defendant Guidry and others.

Detective Sergeant Keith Estevens testified that he observed the defendant on the night of November 12, 1973 and followed him from his house to Shelby Hymel’s house. By prearrangement the informer…