Legal Opinion

State v. Lee

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 12, 2016No. 50,795-KAPublished

1Opinion of the CourtCaraway, J.

1, After a 12-person jury trial, defendant was convicted of possession with intent to distribute marijuana in violation of La. R.S. 40:966(A)(1). Because the defendant was adjudicated a fourth felony offender, the court sentenced him to a term of 40 years’ imprisonment. Defendant now appeals, urging 8 assignments of error. Because we find that defendant’s assignments of error are without merit, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence.

Facts

On June 24, 2014, Shreveport Police Department (“SPD”) Corporal Javon Tyler was working security in the parking lot at Stoner Vista Apartments in…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Texas v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. State v. DraughnSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2007
  4. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
  5. Draughn v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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