State v. Harris

MARVIN, Judge.

Defendant pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana (a misdemeanor, LRS 40:966) and to possession of diazepam (a felony, LRS 40:969), after the trial court denied his motion to suppress and reserved to defendant his right to appeal that ruling. State v. Crosby, 338 So.2d 584 (La.1976).

We granted a writ of review in the misdemeanor conviction and consolidated that review with the appeal taken in the felony conviction.

Defendant was seen at a rock concert in the Monroe Civic Center holding and smoking a hand-rolled “suspected marijuana” cigarette by two undercover narcotics…