re: Louisiana is the worst state for simple possession sentencing.

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New Orleans public interest attorney Bill Quigley speaks of the case of Corey Ladd, 27, a local man who on September 24 was sentenced by a city criminal court to a full 20 years of "hard labor" at a state facility for holding 15 grams -- that is, just slightly over half an ounce.


And now.....the REST of the story...

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The defendant was arrested on August 25, 2011, pursuant to a traffic stop wherein it was discovered that he (a passenger) was in possession of a plastic baggie containing marijuana tucked into his waistband. On October 7, 2011, he was charged by bill of information with possession of marijuana, third or subsequent conviction, in violation of La.Rev.Stat. 40:966(E)(3). In addition, the State filed a multiple bill of information against him, charging him under La.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1 as a “Multiple Offender–Marijuana.” On May 29, 2013, a six-person jury found the defendant guilty of possession of marijuana third offense.


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...stands convicted of possessing roughly a half ounce of marijuana who previously pleaded guilty (at age eighteen) to possession of LSD and (at age twenty-one) to possession of hydrocodone.

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