State v. Young

WARD, Judge.

Eddie Young was convicted by a jury of possession of phencyclidine, in violation of La.R.S. 40:966(C), and sentenced to serve the maximum time, ten years at hard labor.

The trial record shows that Officers Fred Wagner and Ronald Horst of the New Orleans Police Department were patrolling a high crime area at 1:15 p.m. in an unmarked police car when they saw Young standing on a corner talking to another man. Young noticed the officers, removed a matchbox from the rear pocket of his pants, threw it on the sidewalk, and walked down the street. Officer Wagner, who knew from past…