Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 26, 1985No. 84 KA 1095PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
464 So.2d 470 (1985)
STATE of Louisiana
v.
Leon THOMAS.
No. 84 KA 1095.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
February 26, 1985.
Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty. by Joe Lotwick, Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.
Kathleen S. Richey, Asst. Public Defender, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.
Before COLE, CARTER and LANIER, JJ.
CARTER, Judge.
On July 28, 1976, defendant, Leon Thomas, was found guilty of distribution of heroin, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A)(1). Subsequently, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor. In pronouncing sentence, the trial court stated:
That…
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