Legal Opinion

State v. Stovall

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided October 9, 1978No. 61765PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TATE, Justice.

The two defendants were convicted, after joint trial, of drug offenses (Dairies: 2 counts of distribution of heroin, 1 count of attempted distribution of heroin; Stovall: 2 counts of distribution, 1 count of possession of heroin), and each was sentenced to concurrent life sentences which were coneur-rent with the lesser sentence on the lesser charges.

Upon their appeal, Dairies argues two assignments (Nos. 9 and 10) and Stovall one. We find no reversible merit to the assignments and therefore affirm, for the following reasons:

Dairies Assignment 9: The trial court sustained the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. HendersonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  2. State v. HarveySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  3. State v. NicholasSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  4. State v. WagsterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State v. ToomerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. State v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001

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