Bruno v. Louisiana

HEEBE, District Judge:

On September 22, 1959, petitioner, Steve Bruno, pled guilty to two charges of violating L.R.S.. 40:962 and 40:9611 by unlawfully and habitually using, on two separate occasions, a narcotic drug (dilaudid) to such extent as to create a tolerance for said drug. Petitioner was sentenced to two ten-year consecutive terms in the state penitentiary at hard labor. Both sentences were suspended and petitioner was placed on probation for five years on condition that he enter a hospital until cured.

On July 30,1963, a warrant was issued for petitioner’s arrest for failing to report…