State v. Holmes

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

Appellant, John Holmes, was tried under a bill of information charging a violation of LSA-R.S. 40 :962, in that he “did willfully and unlawfully possess and have under [his] control a narcotic drug, to wit: thirty-five (35) capsules of dilaudid.” Appellant was convicted and sentenced to serve fifteen (15) years at hard labor in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. From his conviction and sentence, appellant has perfected this out-of-time appeal, relying upon eight bills of exceptions to obtain a reversal.

Each of the eight bills of exceptions was reserved to a ruling by the…