Legal Opinion

State v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 29, 1976No. 57230PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

329 So.2d 704 (1976)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

John H. THOMAS.

No. 57230.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 29, 1976.

Walter C. Dumas, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie Brown, Dist. Atty., Richard E. Chaffin, James E. Boren, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

DIXON, Justice.

The defendant, John H. Thomas, was charged by bill of information dated February 19, 1974 with the crime of possession of heroin, in violation of R.S. 40:966(C). He was convicted in a jury trial on August 21, 1974 and subsequently sentenced to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. State v. PacieraSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
  4. State v. CarlisleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
  5. State v. KrellerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. ReySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  2. State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
  3. State v. PeriqueSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
  4. State v. ProvostSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
  5. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981

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