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La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966 (2026)

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§966. Penalty for distribution or possession with intent to distribute narcotic drugs listed in Schedule I; possession of marijuana, synthetic cannabinoids, and heroin

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Cited in 1,941 cases (59 in the last 5 years), 1963–2026 · leading case: State v. Sugasti, 820 So. 2d 518 (La. 2002).
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State v. Sugasti, 820 So. 2d 518 (La. 2002). · cites it 22× “We note that the penalty provision for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A) for production, manufacture, distribution or possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug listed in Schedule I, contains the same "upon conviction" language as LSA-R.”
State v. Jamison, 222 So. 3d 908 (La. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 8× “R.S. 40:966(0). He admitted to being a second felony offender as alleged in the habitual offender bill of information.”
State v. Parker, 871 So. 2d 317 (La. 2004). · cites it 7× “R.S. 40:966(C) had on narcotics violations committed before its effective date.”
State v. Dick, 951 So. 2d 124 (La. 2007). · cites it 5× “" LSA-R.S. 40:966 B(1), as amended, reduced the penalty for possession with the intent to distribute heroin from mandatory life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, to a sentence range from five to fifty years imprisonment at hard…”
State v. Dixon, 241 So. 3d 514 (La. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 6× “281, effective August 1, 2017, the Legislature amended the sentencing range for possession with intent to distribute heroin by reducing it to a range of five to 40 years.”
State v. Jefferson, 26 So. 3d 112 (La. 2009). · cites it 11× “3 DISCUSSION Louisiana defines the offense of possession of marijuana, and provides for its punishment, in LSA-R.S. 40:966, which states in relevant part: C.”
State v. Smith, 952 So. 2d 1 (La. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 8× “R.S. 40:966. He pleaded not guilty. On February 2, 2005, the state amended the bill of information to additionally charge the defendant as a second or subsequent offender under La.”
State v. Ladd, 192 So. 3d 235 (La. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 8× “R.S. 40:966 E(3) nor La. R.S. 15:529.1 restricts a person convicted of possession of marijuana third offense from the benefit of parole.”
State v. Harrell, 40 So. 3d 311 (La. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 9× “R.S. 40:966(A), (3) possession vrith intent to distribute 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), a violation of La.”
State v. Jones, 985 So. 2d 234 (La. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 3× “LSA-R.S. 40:966(C); LSA-R.S. 40:966(E)(2); State v.”
State v. Gooden, 523 So. 2d 283 (La. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 13× “Gooden, was charged by bill of information with possession of marijuana in excess of 100 pounds but less than 2,000 pounds, a violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966 E(1). The defendant entered a guilty plea to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, a violation of LSA-R.”
State v. Baptiste, 209 So. 3d 321 (La. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 6× “14:34; and (4) resisting a police officer with the use of violence or threats of violence, in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.2. Defendant eventually entered into a plea agreement wherein he pled guilty to distribution of heroin, rather than possession with intent to distribute…”
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— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(0) — 8 cases
State v. Jamison, 222 So. 3d 908 (La. Ct. App. 2017). “R.S. 40:966(0). He admitted to being a second felony offender as alleged in the habitual offender bill of information.”
State v. Suggs, 81 So. 3d 815 (La. Ct. App. 2011).
State v. Williams, 224 So. 3d 1194 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
State v. Black, 305 So. 2d 472 (La. 1974).
State v. Suggs, 70 So. 3d 60 (La. Ct. App. 2011).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(1) — 1 case
State v. Boudreaux, 752 So. 2d 304 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A) — 346 cases
State v. Jones, 398 So. 2d 1049 (La. 1981).
State v. Sugasti, 820 So. 2d 518 (La. 2002). “We note that the penalty provision for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A) for production, manufacture, distribution or possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug listed in Schedule I, contains the same "upon conviction" language as LSA-R.”
State v. Scott, 131 So. 3d 501 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Harrell, 40 So. 3d 311 (La. Ct. App. 2010). “R.S. 40:966(A), (3) possession vrith intent to distribute 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), a violation of La.”
State v. Baptiste, 209 So. 3d 321 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “14:34; and (4) resisting a police officer with the use of violence or threats of violence, in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.2. Defendant eventually entered into a plea agreement wherein he pled guilty to distribution of heroin, rather than possession with intent to distribute…”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A)(1) — 278 cases
State v. Pigford, 922 So. 2d 517 (La. 2006).
State v. Wimberly, 414 So. 2d 666 (La. 1982).
State v. Thompson, 842 So. 2d 330 (La. 2003).
State of Louisiana v. Corei K. Guidry, 221 So. 3d 815 (La. 2017).
State v. Nixon, 222 So. 3d 123 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A)(1)(D) — 1 case
State v. Cooley, 857 So. 2d 1209 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A)(1)(D)(a) — 1 case
State v. Cooley, 857 So. 2d 1209 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A)(1)(F)(1) — 1 case
State v. Williams, 112 So. 3d 1022 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A)(1)(G) — 2 cases
State v. Roberts, 947 So. 2d 208 (La. Ct. App. 2007).
State v. Jackson, 92 So. 3d 1243 (La. Ct. App. 2012).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A)(2) — 22 cases
State v. Every, 35 So. 3d 410 (La. Ct. App. 2010).
State ex rel. G.E., 94 So. 3d 863 (La. Ct. App. 2012).
State v. George, 108 So. 3d 269 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Dickerson, 538 So. 2d 1063 (La. Ct. App. 1989).
State v. Salinas, 251 So. 3d 1166 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(A)(3) — 1 case
State v. Martinez, 135 So. 3d 659 (La. Ct. App. 2012).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B) — 75 cases
State v. Dick, 951 So. 2d 124 (La. 2007). “" LSA-R.S. 40:966 B(1), as amended, reduced the penalty for possession with the intent to distribute heroin from mandatory life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, to a sentence range from five to fifty years imprisonment at hard…”
State Ex Rel. John Esteen v. State of Louisiana, 239 So. 3d 233 (La. 2018).
Richardson v. Dept. of Pub. Saf., 627 So. 2d 635 (La. 1993).
State v. Morgan, 842 So. 2d 1126 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
State v. Washington, 788 So. 2d 477 (La. Ct. App. 2001).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(1) — 58 cases
State v. Baptiste, 209 So. 3d 321 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “14:34; and (4) resisting a police officer with the use of violence or threats of violence, in violation of La. R.S. 14:108.2. Defendant eventually entered into a plea agreement wherein he pled guilty to distribution of heroin, rather than possession with intent to distribute…”
Richardson v. Dept. of Pub. Saf., 627 So. 2d 635 (La. 1993).
State of Louisiana v. Corei K. Guidry, 221 So. 3d 815 (La. 2017).
State v. Sugasti, 820 So. 2d 518 (La. 2002). “We note that the penalty provision for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A) for production, manufacture, distribution or possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug listed in Schedule I, contains the same "upon conviction" language as LSA-R.”
State v. Hopkins, 367 So. 2d 346 (La. 1979).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(1)(a) — 1 case
State of Louisiana v. Lauren Nguyen (La. Ct. App. 2025).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(1)(b) — 2 cases
State of Louisiana v. Lauren Nguyen (La. Ct. App. 2025).
State of Louisiana v. Colin Gilmartin (La. Ct. App. 2020).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(2) — 82 cases
State v. Jackson, 892 So. 2d 71 (La. Ct. App. 2004).
State v. Smith, 20 So. 3d 501 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
State v. Brown, 861 So. 2d 644 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
State v. Sugasti, 820 So. 2d 518 (La. 2002). “We note that the penalty provision for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A) for production, manufacture, distribution or possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug listed in Schedule I, contains the same "upon conviction" language as LSA-R.”
State v. Francois, 945 So. 2d 865 (La. Ct. App. 2006).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(2)(A) — 1 case
State of Louisiana v. Damon Z. McFarland Jr. (La. Ct. App. 2026).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(2)(a) — 6 cases
State of Louisiana v. Kendrick Wayne Jones (La. Ct. App. 2022).
State of Louisiana v. Damon Z. McFarland Jr. (La. Ct. App. 2026).
State v. Black, 265 So. 3d 1014 (La. Ct. App. 2019).
State of Louisiana v. Flenory Frazier, III (La. Ct. App. 2024).
State of Louisiana v. Uralle A. Price, Jr. (La. Ct. App. 2025).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(2)(b) — 2 cases
State of Louisiana v. Lander Zackery (La. Ct. App. 2019).
State of Louisiana v. Colin Gilmartin (La. Ct. App. 2020).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(3) — 66 cases
State v. Kerlec, 957 So. 2d 810 (La. Ct. App. 2007).
State v. England, 38 So. 3d 383 (La. Ct. App. 2010).
State v. Nixon, 222 So. 3d 123 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
State v. Thomas, 13 So. 3d 595 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
State v. Harrell, 40 So. 3d 311 (La. Ct. App. 2010). “R.S. 40:966(A), (3) possession vrith intent to distribute 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), a violation of La.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(3)(a) — 1 case
State of Louisiana Versus Eddie J Richards (La. Ct. App. 2024).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(4)(a) — 7 cases
State v. Dixon, 241 So. 3d 514 (La. Ct. App. 2018). “281, effective August 1, 2017, the Legislature amended the sentencing range for possession with intent to distribute heroin by reducing it to a range of five to 40 years.”
State v. Taylor, 258 So. 3d 217 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Hankton, 251 So. 3d 1234 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
State of Louisiana Versus Corey Woods (La. Ct. App. 2020).
State of Louisiana Versus Dewayne A. Allen (La. Ct. App. 2020).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(B)(4)(b) — 1 case
State of Louisiana Versus Corey Bannister (La. Ct. App. 2019).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C) — 200 cases
State v. Sugasti, 820 So. 2d 518 (La. 2002). “We note that the penalty provision for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A) for production, manufacture, distribution or possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug listed in Schedule I, contains the same "upon conviction" language as LSA-R.”
State v. Jamison, 222 So. 3d 908 (La. Ct. App. 2017). “R.S. 40:966(0). He admitted to being a second felony offender as alleged in the habitual offender bill of information.”
State v. Parker, 871 So. 2d 317 (La. 2004). “R.S. 40:966(C) had on narcotics violations committed before its effective date.”
State v. Jones, 985 So. 2d 234 (La. Ct. App. 2008). “LSA-R.S. 40:966(C); LSA-R.S. 40:966(E)(2); State v.”
State v. Andrishok, 434 So. 2d 389 (La. 1983).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(1) — 43 cases
State v. Parker, 871 So. 2d 317 (La. 2004). “R.S. 40:966(C) had on narcotics violations committed before its effective date.”
State v. Jamison, 222 So. 3d 908 (La. Ct. App. 2017). “R.S. 40:966(0). He admitted to being a second felony offender as alleged in the habitual offender bill of information.”
State v. Sugasti, 820 So. 2d 518 (La. 2002). “We note that the penalty provision for violation of LSA-R.S. 40:966(A) for production, manufacture, distribution or possession with intent to distribute a narcotic drug listed in Schedule I, contains the same "upon conviction" language as LSA-R.”
State v. Odle, 834 So. 2d 483 (La. Ct. App. 2002).
State v. Young, 663 So. 2d 525 (La. Ct. App. 1995).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(1)(A) — 1 case
State v. Turner, 118 So. 3d 1186 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(1)(a) — 3 cases
State v. McMasters, 251 So. 3d 1139 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
State of Louisiana Versus Brett H Elmer (La. Ct. App. 2024).
State of Louisiana v. Damien J. Debose (La. Ct. App. 2024).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(2) — 10 cases
State v. Roberson, 454 So. 2d 343 (La. Ct. App. 1984).
State v. Moya, 539 So. 2d 756 (La. Ct. App. 1989).
State v. Newell, 497 So. 2d 4 (La. Ct. App. 1986).
State v. Clark, 904 So. 2d 793 (La. Ct. App. 2005).
State v. Jenkins, 949 So. 2d 563 (La. Ct. App. 2007).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(2)(a) — 6 cases
State of Louisiana Versus Shawn A. Clark (La. Ct. App. 2020).
State v. Ioveniti, 238 So. 3d 496 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
State of Louisiana Versus Abdellah Karim (La. Ct. App. 2020).
State of Louisiana Versus Abdellah Karim (La. Ct. App. 2020).
State of Louisiana Versus William B Barnett (La. Ct. App. 2024).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(2)(a)(i) — 2 cases
State of Louisiana v. Joseph A. Gabriel (La. Ct. App. 2025).
State of Louisiana v. Jerroy Holden (La. Ct. App. 2025).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(2A) — 1 case
State of Louisiana v. Kevin Dupart (La. Ct. App. 2019).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(3) — 6 cases
State v. Becnel, 668 So. 2d 1281 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
State v. Young, 943 So. 2d 1118 (La. Ct. App. 2006).
State v. Manning, 244 So. 3d 600 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
State v. Davis, 942 So. 2d 1196 (La. Ct. App. 2006).
State v. Scott, 677 So. 2d 156 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(4)(a) — 1 case
State of Louisiana Versus Brett H Elmer (La. Ct. App. 2024).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(C)(D)(2) — 1 case
State v. Tauzin, 720 So. 2d 98 (La. Ct. App. 1998).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(D) — 41 cases
State v. Mayeux, 820 So. 2d 526 (La. 2002).
State v. Gilbert, 839 So. 2d 250 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
State v. Williams, 447 So. 2d 495 (La. Ct. App. 1984).
State v. Anders, 778 So. 2d 1227 (La. Ct. App. 2001).
State v. Rolen, 662 So. 2d 446 (La. 1995).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(D)(1) — 19 cases
State v. Ledford, 914 So. 2d 1168 (La. Ct. App. 2005).
State v. Sandifer, 679 So. 2d 1324 (La. 1996).
State v. Keys, 328 So. 2d 154 (La. 1976).
State v. Oliver, 752 So. 2d 911 (La. Ct. App. 1999).
State v. Freeman, 503 So. 2d 501 (La. Ct. App. 1987).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(D)(2) — 15 cases
State v. Morris, 328 So. 2d 65 (La. 1976).
State v. Jackson, 42 So. 3d 368 (La. 2010).
State v. Anders, 778 So. 2d 1227 (La. Ct. App. 2001).
State v. Banks, 363 So. 2d 491 (La. 1978).
State v. Keys, 328 So. 2d 154 (La. 1976).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(D)(3) — 2 cases
State v. Flanagan, 744 So. 2d 718 (La. Ct. App. 1999).
State v. Gaspard, 441 So. 2d 812 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(D)(4) — 3 cases
State v. Guillot, 115 So. 3d 624 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Anders, 820 So. 2d 513 (La. 2002).
State v. Anders, 778 So. 2d 1227 (La. Ct. App. 2001).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(D)(a) — 1 case
State v. Durall, 192 So. 3d 285 (2016).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(D)(l)(c) — 1 case
State v. Cortes, 84 So. 3d 733 (La. Ct. App. 2012).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E) — 33 cases
State v. Sims, 7 So. 3d 1288 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
State v. Brooks, 997 So. 2d 688 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Ledford, 914 So. 2d 1168 (La. Ct. App. 2005).
State v. LeCompte, 441 So. 2d 249 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
State v. Santiago, 853 So. 2d 671 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(1) — 30 cases
State v. Merch., 490 So. 2d 336 (La. Ct. App. 1986).
State v. Castaneda, 658 So. 2d 297 (La. Ct. App. 1995).
State v. Lowery, 609 So. 2d 1125 (La. Ct. App. 1992).
State v. Perez, 569 So. 2d 609 (La. Ct. App. 1990).
United States v. Brown, 230 F. Supp. 3d 513 (M.D. La. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(2) — 23 cases
State v. Jefferson, 26 So. 3d 112 (La. 2009). “3 DISCUSSION Louisiana defines the offense of possession of marijuana, and provides for its punishment, in LSA-R.S. 40:966, which states in relevant part: C.”
State v. Proctor, 901 So. 2d 477 (La. Ct. App. 2005).
State v. Jones, 985 So. 2d 234 (La. Ct. App. 2008). “LSA-R.S. 40:966(C); LSA-R.S. 40:966(E)(2); State v.”
State v. Bazley, 60 So. 3d 7 (La. Ct. App. 2011).
State v. Brown, 880 So. 2d 899 (La. Ct. App. 2004).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(2)(a) — 5 cases
State v. Caldwell, 78 So. 3d 799 (La. Ct. App. 2011).
State v. Daniels, 215 So. 3d 761 (La. Ct. App. 2015).
State v. Daye, 139 So. 3d 670 (La. Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Lewis, 115 So. 3d 721 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Baldwin, 79 So. 3d 1258 (La. Ct. App. 2011).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(3) — 11 cases
State v. Ladd, 192 So. 3d 235 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 40:966 E(3) nor La. R.S. 15:529.1 restricts a person convicted of possession of marijuana third offense from the benefit of parole.”
State v. Lewis, 104 So. 3d 407 (La. Ct. App. 2012).
State v. Lathers, 868 So. 2d 881 (La. Ct. App. 2004).
State v. Ladd, 164 So. 3d 184 (La. 2015).
State v. Henry, 220 So. 3d 706 (La. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(4) — 1 case
State v. LONZO, 960 So. 2d 290 (La. Ct. App. 2007).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(5) — 1 case
State v. LONZO, 960 So. 2d 290 (La. Ct. App. 2007).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(S) — 1 case
State v. McGee, 24 So. 3d 235 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(a)(i) — 1 case
State v. Logue, 216 So. 3d 1140 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(c)(i) — 1 case
State v. Handy, 226 So. 3d 1182 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(l)(a) — 1 case
State v. Logue, 216 So. 3d 1140 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(l)(a)(i) — 1 case
State v. Logue, 216 So. 3d 1140 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(l)(a)(iii) — 1 case
State v. Logue, 216 So. 3d 1140 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(E)(l)(e) — 1 case
State v. Logue, 216 So. 3d 1140 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(F) — 7 cases
State v. Lowery, 609 So. 2d 1125 (La. Ct. App. 1992).
State v. Perez, 569 So. 2d 609 (La. Ct. App. 1990).
State v. Lara, 78 So. 3d 159 (La. Ct. App. 2011).
State v. Cowans, 251 So. 3d 1185 (La. Ct. App. 2018).
State v. Knight, 829 So. 2d 1160 (La. Ct. App. 2002).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(F)(1) — 9 cases
State v. Pena, 988 So. 2d 841 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Carter, 981 So. 2d 734 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Merch., 490 So. 2d 336 (La. Ct. App. 1986).
State v. Williams, 112 So. 3d 1022 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Arisme, 123 So. 3d 1259 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(F)(2) — 1 case
State v. Merch., 490 So. 2d 336 (La. Ct. App. 1986).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(G) — 1 case
State v. Williams, 112 So. 3d 1022 (La. Ct. App. 2013).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(a) — 1 case
State v. Ashworth, 178 So. 3d 1148 (La. Ct. App. 2015).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 40:966(c) — 2 cases
State v. James, 136 So. 3d 113 (La. Ct. App. 2014).
State v. Hamilton, 297 So. 2d 419 (La. 1974).
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