Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Samuel STEWART, Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1984-06-27
Citations: 453 So. 2d 1251
Docket Number: No. CR83-650
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Samuel STEWART, Appellant.
Judges: Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and STOKER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 453
Pages: 1251–1252

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. Samuel STEWART, Appellant.
No. CR83-650.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
June 27, 1984.
Writ Granted Sept. 20, 1984.
Samuel Thomas, Tallulah, for defendant-appellant.
John F. Johnson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harri-sonburg, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before DOMENGEAUX, FORET and STOKER, JJ.

Opinion:
FORET, Judge.
Defendant, Samuel Stewart, was charged by bill of information with possession of marijuana, with intent to distribute, in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966 A(l).
After trial before a jury of twelve, defendant was found guilty as charged. The defendant was sentenced to serve ten years at hard labor and pay a fine of $15,000.00, plus court costs.
Although defendant has filed a brief containing two allegations of error, he failed to file any assignments of error with the trial court. Allegations of error not embodied in a formal assignment of error and appearing for the first time in a defendant's brief are not properly before a reviewing court. State v. Spears, 350 So.2d 603 (La.1977); LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 844. Therefore, this case is reviewable only for errors discoverable by a mere inspection of the pleadings and proceedings, and without inspection of the evidence. LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 920; State v. Jackson, 332 So.2d 211 (La.1976). We have fully reviewed the record for these errors and find none.
For the reasons assigned, the conviction and sentence are affirmed.
AFFIRMED.