State v. Chapman

BARHAM, Justice.

The defendant, Regge John Chapman, was tried and convicted for the sale of a narcotic drug, marijuana, under LSA-R.S. 40:962, and sentenced to 10 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary under provisions of LSA-R.S. 40:981(2). Four bills of exception were reserved, but only three are argued on his appeal. The abandoned bill (see State v. Henry, 250 La. 682, 198 So.2d 889) has no merit.

Bill of Exception No. 1 was reserved when the State was permitted over defendant’s objection to offer into evidence the matchbox which purportedly contained the marijuana at the time of the sale…