State v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
468 So.2d 557 (1985)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Sawyer LEWIS.
No. 84-KA-1654.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 14, 1985.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Nicholas F. Noriea, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.
Jacques F. Bezou, George E. Mouledoux, Rebecca Sawyer, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.
WATSON, Justice.
Defendant, Sawyer Lewis, is appealing from his conviction for possession of heroin with intent to distribute[1] and sentence to life imprisonment without benefit of parole.[2] Defendant contends that: (1) the evidence…
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