State v. Clark

DE BLANC, Justice.

On January 22, 1951 the defendant, herein, Freddie Clark, was charged in a bill of information with willfully and unlawfully possessing and having under his, control a narcotic drug, to wit: three capsules of heroin in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:962. He was arraigned on February 5, 1951 and pleaded not guilty. On March 21, 1951 he was tried by a jury and found guilty as charged. A motion for a new trial was filed on his behalf on April 19, 1951 and on that same day it was overruled.

On June 12, 1951 the defendant was sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in the State…